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Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. On occasion, compulsory conscription was enforced and even "press-gangs" were used. | Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. On occasion, compulsory conscription was enforced and even "press-gangs" were used. | ||
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== Online Records and Websites == | == Online Records and Websites == | ||
<li>'''1615-1930''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61103/ UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930] at Ancestry - index and images ($)</li> | |||
<li>'''1746-1939''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61468/ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939] at Ancestry - index and images ($)</li> | |||
<li>'''1760-1939''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-army-service-records British Army Service Records] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ findmypast] - index and images ($)</li> | |||
<li>'''1772-1935''' - {{RecordSearch|2366620|Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images</li> | |||
<li>'''1914-1918''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10239/british-silver-war-badge-recipients-1914-1918?s=275764761 British Silver War Badge Recipients, 1914 - 1918] at MyHeritage ($) | |||
<li>'''1918-1919''' - [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10795/united-kingdom-royal-air-force-officers%E2%80%99-index-1918-1919?utm_source=organic_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=supersearch&tr_funnel=supersearch&tr_country=US&tr_creative=nov19historicalrecords2&utm_content=nov19historicalrecords2 United Kingdom, Royal Air Force Officers' Index, 1918-1919] at [https://www.myheritage.com/ MyHeritage] ($) - index</li> | |||
<li>'''1939-1945''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/royal-air-force-operations-record-books-1939-1945 Royal Air Force, Operations Record Books 1939-1945] at FindMyPast- index ($)</li> | |||
<li>{{RecordSearch|1952868|United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913}}</li> | |||
<li>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61643/ Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Militia Attestation Papers, 1800-1915], index - at Ancestry.com ($)</li> | |||
<li>{{RecordSearch|3518735|United Kingdom, Waterloo Roll Call 1815}}, index, images available at FindMyPast ($)</li> | |||
<li>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/waterloo-roll-call-1815 Waterloo Roll Call, 1815], index ($) at FindMyPast</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/all-england/military.htm England Military Links] </li> | |||
<li>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15671943 "Thankful Villages"] List of villages who had all their WWI and WWII military return home safely | |||
<li>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ The Long, Long Trail] : The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918]</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html Requesting Service Records]</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.1914-1918-online.net/06_WWI_websites/index.html First World War Websites]</li> | |||
<li>[http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/2009/07/army-service-numbers-1881-1918-index.html Army Service Numbers 1881-1918]</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Wickes.pdf Regiments of Foot] A historical record of all the foot regiments of the British Army</li> | |||
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== The National Archives == | == The National Archives == | ||
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=== World War I === | === World War I === | ||
<li>'''1914-1918''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10239/british-silver-war-badge-recipients-1914-1918?s=275764761 British Silver War Badge Recipients, 1914 - 1918] at MyHeritage ($) | |||
'''1914–1918:''' [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-subject/firstworldwar.htm?WT.lp=rg-3065 World War I]. About 6,000,000 British service personnel served in this war. Almost 1,000,000 died. | '''1914–1918:''' [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-subject/firstworldwar.htm?WT.lp=rg-3065 World War I]. About 6,000,000 British service personnel served in this war. Almost 1,000,000 died. | ||