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For information on how to locate your army soldiers by their Regiment consult: Fowler, Simon, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1405849&disp=Tracing+your+army+ancestors ''Tracing Your Army Ancestors''] (Pen & Sword, 2006) (Family History book 942 M27) | For information on how to locate your army soldiers by their Regiment consult: Fowler, Simon, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1405849&disp=Tracing+your+army+ancestors ''Tracing Your Army Ancestors''] (Pen & Sword, 2006) (Family History book 942 M27) | ||
Originally the responsibility for directing the British Army fell under the command of the staff of the National War Office. Thus, the category for records in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/ The National Archives of England ]is labeled WO for locating all Army collections. Now the | Originally the responsibility for directing the British Army fell under the command of the staff of the National War Office. Thus, the category for records in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/ The National Archives of England ]is labeled WO for locating all Army collections. Now the army is run by comissioned officers. | ||
The basic unit of the Army is the Regiment under a colonel or lieutenant colonel. Regiments are divided into two or more Battalions. The four main types of regiments which should be searched are: | |||
*Cavalry | |||
*Infantry | |||
*Artillery | |||
*Engineers | |||
Military histories or regimental histories are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Military histories or regimental histories are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||