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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 records of these...
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
Search 2a: service details of non-commissioned officers and other ranks (e.g. Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Gunner and Driver). This is a search in record series WO 363, WO 364 and if appropriate WO 400. The records in WO 363 and WO 364 can be accessed on the Ancestry website at www.ancestry.co.uk and those in WO 400 on the findmypast website at ...
British Army WW1 Service Records, 1914-1920 (Soldiers) 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.
The Commonwealth and the First World War. In 1914, the Germans and their allies went to war not just with Britain, but with the whole of the British Empire. Over 3 million soldiers and labourers from across the Empire and Commonwealth served alongside the British Army in the First World War.
On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Britain sent many soldiers to fight in France and Belgium, known as the ‘Western Front’. Men came from all classes of society. Some were...
During the First World War, some 13,000 DLI and 16,000 Northumberland Fusiliers were killed in action, died of wounds or died of disease. Most, but not all, of these men came from the North East of England. In 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established to care for the graves of the 1,000,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers ...
