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This is a guide to the records of British Army soldiers who served in the First World War. Some First World War veterans continued to serve with the army after the war and for the...
During the First World War, there were four distinct British armies. The first comprised approximately 247,000 soldiers of the regular army, over half of whom were posted overseas to garrison the British Empire, supported by some 21 reserves and a potential 60,000 additional
Roll of Honour. The British Normandy Memorial bears the names of 22,442 individuals: British personnel and those of other nationalities who were serving in British units, who died while taking part in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. This includes people from more than 30 different countries.
If successful, this search, in record series WO 95, reveals daily accounts of an Army unit’s activity, although the level of detail varies. The war diaries do not normally mention the names of...
There were about 6-7 million soldiers (Other Ranks and Non-Commissioned Officers) who served with the British Army in the First World War. Each soldiers’ record of service was stored by the War Office after the First World War was over.
Discover more about Lives of the First World War. This collection provides the details of more than 16,500 individuals who refused conscription to the British armed services during the First World War on grounds of conscience - known as ‘ Conscientious Objectors ’.
During the First World War, over 6,000,000 men from the British Isles served in the British Army, and the Army kept detailed paper records on every one of them. Unfortunately, not all these records have survived as many were destroyed or badly damaged during the Second World War.
