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Service records for "Other ranks" i.e. not officers, who served in the British army are held at The National Archives (TNA), Kew, although various online subscription-based research providers offer access to digitised copies. At the time of writing, these services were not complete although new records up to and including 1913 are constantly being added. The leading provider of this service is $ [http://www.findmypast.co.uk Find My Past], but $ [http://www.TheGenealogist.co.uk TheGenealogist.co.uk] has army lists from 1806-1940. | Service records for "Other ranks" i.e. not officers, who served in the British army are held at The National Archives (TNA), Kew, although various online subscription-based research providers offer access to digitised copies. At the time of writing, these services were not complete although new records up to and including 1913 are constantly being added. The leading provider of this service is $ [http://www.findmypast.co.uk Find My Past], but $ [http://www.TheGenealogist.co.uk TheGenealogist.co.uk] has army lists from 1806-1940. Free examples: | ||
*English Army Lists and Commission Registers, Vol. 1, 1661-1685 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=KAULAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | |||
*English Army Lists and Commission Registers, Vol. 2, 1685-1689 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=hX9IAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | |||
*English Army Lists and Commission Registers, Vol. 3, 1689-1694 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2dJAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | |||
*English Army Lists and Commission Registers, Vol. 4, 1694-1702 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=kmRJAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | |||
*English Army Lists and Commission Registers, Vol. 5, 1702-1707 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=vwMLAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | |||
*English Army Lists and Commission Registers, Vol. 6, 1707-1714 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=TgQLAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | |||
If a soldier was entitled to receive any sort of pension due to his army service, a separate record was created although some information was duplicated from his service papers. These pension papers provide a good insight into a soldiers career although they focus more on his medical history rather than his service career. | If a soldier was entitled to receive any sort of pension due to his army service, a separate record was created although some information was duplicated from his service papers. These pension papers provide a good insight into a soldiers career although they focus more on his medical history rather than his service career. | ||