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 The Family History Library has many military records, but these are only a small part of the military records available. You may want to hire a researcher to search military records that are not available at the Family History Library.
-=== Pre-1914 Records ===
+=== Pre-1914 Records  ===
 Pre-1914 military records are kept in the Public Record Office, Kew and are divided into army and navy records.
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 Irish soldiers killed in World War I are listed in:
-''Irish National War Memorial Committee. Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918''. 8 vols. Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel and Roberts, 1923. (Family History Library film 1,279,333 items 5-12.)
+''Irish National War Memorial Committee. Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918''. 8 vols. Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel and Roberts, 1923. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1279333 film 1279333 items 5-12.)]
 For more information on twentieth-century army records, see:
-Holding, Norman H. ''World War I Army Ancestry.'' 2d ed. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1991. (Family History Library book Ref 942 M2hol 1991.)
+Holding, Norman H. ''World War I Army Ancestry.'' 2d ed. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1991. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M2hoL book Ref 942 M2hoL 1991].)
-Holding, Norman H. ''More Sources of World War I Ancestry''. 2d ed. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1991. (Family History Library book Ref 942 M24hn 1991.)
+Holding, Norman H. ''More Sources of World War I Ancestry''. 2d ed. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1991. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M24hn book Ref 942 M24hn 1991].)
 Post-1913 navy records are at the following address:
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 '''Lists of Officers'''. Published annually, lists of officers provide an officer's name, rank, regiment or ship, and date of commission. For the army, the published version of these records is:''''''
-Great Britain, War Office. ''Army List.'' London, England: various publishers, 1754-. (Family History Library book 942 M25g; film 856,424-52.) Volumes from 1765 on include indexes.
+Great Britain, War Office. ''Army List.'' London, England: various publishers, 1754-. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M25g book 942 M25g]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1680&disp=A+list+of+the+officers+of+the+army%2E%2E%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 856424-52].) Volumes from 1765 on include indexes.
 The published list of naval officers is:
-''Great Britain, Admirality. Navy List''. London, England: various publishers. 1814-. (Family History Library book 942 M25gba; film 918,928-41 and 990,323-26.) The fully indexed Navy List names all commissioned officers, including masters, pursers, surgeons, chaplains, yard officers, coast guardsmen, and reservists who have served in the navy from 1814 to the present.
+''Great Britain, Admirality. Navy List''. London, England: various publishers. 1814-. (Family History Library[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M25gba book 942 M25gba; film 918928-41 and 990323-26].) The fully indexed Navy List names all commissioned officers, including masters, pursers, surgeons, chaplains, yard officers, coast guardsmen, and reservists who have served in the navy from 1814 to the present.
 '''Continuous Service Engagement Books.''' Continuous service engagement books record the continuous service numbers assigned to navy ratings (seamen) since 1853. The records give the name, birth date, birthplace, physical description, and ship of service of each rating. Brief career details were later included as well. From 1872 to 1892, merchant seamen were also listed in these records.
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 For more information on military records at the Public Record Office, see the Bevan and Duncan or Kew Lists handbooks listed at the end of this section.
-=== Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records ===
+=== Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records  ===
 It is difficult to locate information about your ancestor in military records without knowing the unit (ship or regiment) in which your ancestor served. If you do not know the ship or regiment already, you may find that information in other records, such as census, church, or family records.
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 GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY HISTORY
-=== Records at the Family History Library ===
+=== Records at the Family History Library  ===
 The Family History Library's British military record holdings are more fully described in the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../england/england-miscellaneous/Chile Research Ouline.pdf England Research Outline]. The library's military records are listed in the&nbsp;Place Search of the catalog under combinations of the following localities and subject headings:
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 MILITARY HISTORY - NAVY
-=== Handbooks for Military Records ===
+=== Handbooks for Military Records  ===
 Bevan, Amanda, and Andrea Duncan.''Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office''. 4th ed. London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library book Ref 942 A5p no. 19 1990.)