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=== Understanding Military Records === | === Understanding Military Records === | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:British Military2.jpg|thumb|right|200x300px]]Before you can use British military records, you must determine the specific name or number of the army regiment or navy ship name[s] on which your ancestor served. For suggestions on finding this information, see "Search Strategies" at the end of this section. | ||
Once you know the ship name[s] or the regiment name or number, the following records may help you trace your ancestor’s career, age, and birthplace: | Once you know the ship name[s] or the regiment name or number, the following records may help you trace your ancestor’s career, age, and birthplace: | ||
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GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY RECORDS - ARMY - WORLD WAR, 1914–1918 | GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY RECORDS - ARMY - WORLD WAR, 1914–1918 | ||
'''Militia Lists and Musters'''. Militia lists (beginning as early as 1297) contain the names of men eligible for military service. Militia musters are lists of men in the militia. Early militia lists and most militia musters contain only the men’s names. A brief explanation of musters and the location of available pre-1757 lists are given in: | [[Image:British_Military3.jpg|thumb|right|208x263px|Member of the Royal Horse Guards of the British Army, in 1758]]'''Militia Lists and Musters'''. Militia lists (beginning as early as 1297) contain the names of men eligible for military service. Militia musters are lists of men in the militia. Early militia lists and most militia musters contain only the men’s names. A brief explanation of musters and the location of available pre-1757 lists are given in: | ||
Gibson, Jeremy, and Alan Dell. ''Tudor and Stuart Muster Rolls.'' Solihull, England: Federation of Family History Societies Publications, Ltd., 1989. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M2gj 942 M2gj]) | Gibson, Jeremy, and Alan Dell. ''Tudor and Stuart Muster Rolls.'' Solihull, England: Federation of Family History Societies Publications, Ltd., 1989. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M2gj 942 M2gj]) | ||