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- Dictionaries
- Social and Political History
- Maps
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wars, campaigns and operations, see below
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- General
- History
of the British Army (National Army Museum)
- Towards
a Standing Army, by Richard Holmes (BBC History Trail)
- British
Military History, miscellaneous topics by David Minshall.
- Britain at War,
by Ron Taylor.
- The
We Were There Exhibition (UK MoD)
- An
Historical Sketch of the Purchase System, "Official" Prices
of Purchased Commissions, and General Pay Scale of the British
Army, Circa 1854, by W. Hutchison et al.
- The
British Army and counterinsurgency: the salience of military
culture, by Robert M. Cassidy (Military Review,
May-June, 2005)
- Regional [for
Ulster see Ireland]
- Wives and Camp Followers
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
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- General
-
Regiments and Corps of the British Army: An Introductory
Overview (keyed to lists from various historical
periods), by T.F. Mills.
- Index
of Regiments known by Colonels' Names to 1751
- Future
Army Structure (2004-2008)
- British
Regiments Webring (Yahoo)
- British
Land Forces Webring (Yahoo)
- The
Regimental System, by Michael O'Leary.
-
A-Z
of Regiments and Battalions (official British Army site)
-
Corps (official British Army site)
- British
Army Page, by Glenvil Roberts.
- History of the Hussars,
by Paul Baker.
-
British
Light Infantry Regiments, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore
(British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael
S.Young)
-
Numbering
of Infantry Regiments in 1747-51, by T.F. Mills.
-
The British Regimental Mess in the Peninsula War, by
Robert Burham (Napoleon Series).
- Lineage
of the 101st-109th Foot, by William Thorne.
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British Army Regiments and Corps, 1998, by Neil Baumgardner.
-
Orders of Precedence, by Scots at War Project.
- Special
Forces of the United Kingdom by Special Operations.Com
-
United Kingdom Special Forces, by Mitch Berg (Twilight
2000 Page).
- Regimental
Nicknames (ARRSEpedia)
- Territorial Army & Militia
-
Introduction to the Territorials and Volunteers,
by T.F. Mills.
- Introduction
to the Militia, by T.F. Mills
- County Index of Militia and Volunteers: England,
Scotland,
Wales,
Ireland
- Territorial
Army Lineage since 1967, by Wienand Drenth.
- Volunteers
(1911 Encyclopedia)
- War
Office Circular of May 12, 1859, by David Minshall (British
Military History)
- Territorial
Army (Territorial Army site).
- Territorial
Army (RFCA site)
- The
British Volunteer System, by The Rt. Hon. Earl Brownlow
[North American Review, May 1900]
-
Territorial Army Independent Units (Army site)
-
Locations of T.A. units (Territorial Army site)
- Strategic
Defence Review 1998: Changes to the Territorial Army (official
MoD site, July 1998)
- The Reserve
Forces and Cadets Association (official site)
- List
of RFCAs, Administrative Areas and Duties (MoD site)
- Reserve
Forces and Cadets Association of East Anglia (official
RFCA site)
- East
Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
- East
Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
- Reserve
Forces and Cadets London
- Reserve Forces
and Cadets Association for the Northwest of England and Isle
of Man
- RFCA
for Yorkshire and the Humber
- Wessex
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
-
Territorial Army in Scotland (official RFCA site)
-
Territorial Army in Wales (Reserve Forces and Cadets
in Wales)
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Territorial Army in Yorkshire and Humberside (Yorkshire
Volunteers)
- Building
an Army: The Romantic Rise of a Territorial Force, by
Frederic W. Walker (Cassell's Magazine, Vol. XLVII.,
no.1 May, 1909) (Ian Coghlan's Military History site)
- County
Light Infantry Militias, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore
(British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael
S.Young)
- Glamorgan
Volunteers, 1795-1854, by Bob Sanders.
- Gamorgan
Militia, 1759-1881, by Bob Sanders.
- Home
Service Force Association [1982-1993]
- Historical Periods
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Gurkhas
- Garrison Lists
- Re-Enactors
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- Note: For British
wars through 1945, see the comprehensive
index of wars
- General
- Wars Since 1945
- British
Battle Honours since 1945
- Britain's
Small Wars, 1945-1992, by Martin Spirit.
- Map
of Conflicts since 1945 (Armed Forces Memorial)
- Palestine,
1945-1948
- South East
Asia, 1945-1946
- Malayan
Emergency, 1948-1960
- Korean
War, 1950-1953
- Mau Mau Insurgency,
1952-1956
- Cyprus Emergency,
1955-1959
- Suez
Crisis, 1956
- Indonesia
Conflicts, 1960-1966
- Aden Conflict,
1964-1967
- The
Ulster Troubles, 1969-
- Falklands
War, 1982
- Gulf
War, 1991
- Former
Yugoslavia Peacekeeping Operations
- Afghanistan
War, 2001
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Operation
Phillis, Cote d'Ivoire, 2004 (MoD)
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- Collective
- Individual
- Gallantry Awards
- War Graves and Memorials
- Current
Casualty Procedures (MoD)
- UK
National Inventory of War Memorials, by Imperial War
Museum.
- Commonwealth
War Graves Commission (including register of dead in
world wars)
- Commonwealth
War Cemeteries & Memorials in England, by Brent Whittam,
Ann Whittam and Terry Heard
- Campaign for War Graves
Commemorations (those missing from CWGC)
- Roll of Honour,
by Martin Edwards
-
British Memorials index of links by Simonides.
- Friends
of War Memorials.
- Armed Forces
Memorial, Lichfield
-
The Baxenden Lads (memorial).
-
Rutland War Memorials Project by Keith Shelvey.
- Northallerton
Memorials Project
- Northumberland
War Memorials, by Original Indexes.
- Durham
War Memorials, by Original Indexes.
- Piper's
Memorial, Longueval, France
- South
Oxfordshire War Memorials, by Alec Powell.
- Somerset
County War Memorial, by Michael S.Young et al.
(British Light Infantry Regiments)
- Veterans Associations
- Veterans Locator Services
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-
Uniforms
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English
and Scottish Uniforms, 1660-1914, by Arthur H. Bowling.
-
Military
uniforms, by DEGE & Skinner Savile Row (regimental
tailor).
-
British Army
uniforms, historical art by D.J. Neary.
-
The 1768 Clothing
Warrant, by Christopher New.
-
The 1768 Clothing
Warrant, by 64th Regt (reenactment)
- Uniforms
of Loyalist Units in the American Revolution, by Rudy
Scott Nelson.
- Uniforms
of the American Revolution, by Sons of the Revolution.
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Uniforms
of the American Revolution period, by 33rd Regt (reenactment)
-
Evolution
of Napoleonic Uniforms, by John P. Stallaert.
[internet archive]
- Premier
Empire : Les Uniformes First Empire : Angleterre (Cercle
Histoire et Figurines)
-
British Regiments in the War of 1812, and their uniforms,
by Robert Henderson (Discriminating General).
-
British uniforms,
1816-1856, by The Discriminating General.
-
Photographs
of Soldiers of the British Army 1840 to 1920, by Fred
Larimore.
- A
Basic Guide to Identifying British & Commonwealth Uniforms
and Insignia from Old Postcards, by Paul Hinckley.
- Military
Images, by Roger Capewell.
-
Catalogue of Military
First Day Covers (British First Day Covers - search
"forces")
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British
Army Photographs, by Glenvil Roberts.
-
Modern
British Helmets, by NP Aerospace.
- Brief
History of Bearskin Hats, by T.F. Mills (Scottish_Military@yahoo)
- British
Uniforms, 1941-1942, by Klemen L. et al.
(The Netherlands East Indies 1941-1942)
- Yeomanry
Cavalry Uniforms (Cranston Fine Arts Prints)
-
Uniforms, Scottish
-
Badges & Insignia
-
Medals and Decorations
-
Cabinet
Office Ceremonial Secretariat
-
British
Armed Services: Campaign Medals, and other Service Medals
(PRO Military Records Information 76)
-
A
Collector's Guide to British Military Medals
-
British
Medals, by Sydney B. Vernon.
- British
Medals, by A. Georgiades.
- British
Medals, by Steve Cheeseman (Hall of Medals)
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Orders, Decorations
and Medals of the United Kingdom, by Megan C. Robertson.
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Orders, Decorations,
and Campaign Medals of the British Army 1815 to 1920,
by Fred Larimore.
- Campaign
Medals, 1902-1939, by Christopher Trevelyan
- Post
War Service Medals, by James Paul and Martin Spirit (Britain's
Small Wars)
- Medal
Ribbons of the United Kingdom, by Eric Bush.
- Medals
of Great Britain (current during and for WW1) (The
World War I Document Archive)
- Medals
of the Second World War: Great Britain and Commonwealth,
by Hendrik Meersschaert
- Order of Precedence
(Medals.com)
- Orders and Medals Research
Society
- Orders,
Decorations and Medals Webring
- "Mentioned
in Despatches", by Forrest Anderson.
- "Mentioned
in Despatches", by Ron Beamish.
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- Heraldry and Chivalry
- State Flags
- Military Flags
- Hobson
& Sons, London, manufacturer of Regimental Colours.
- Army
Flags, by Graham Bartram et al. (Flags of the World)
- Army Flags,
by Graham Bartram (World Flag Database)
- Regimental
Colours, by T.F. Mills et al. (Flags of the World)
- Engelske
estandarter og faner, by Per Finsted (Chakoten - Dansk
Milit�rhistorisk Selskab)
-
Colours in the English Civil War (re-enactment)
- Military
Observations or Tactics put into Practice for the Exercise
of Horse and Foot, the Original Ensignes, the Postures of
the Colours..., by Thomas Venn (1672)
-
Infantry Colours of the 17th and 18th Centuries, by Tom
Gregg.
- British
Regimental Drums and Colours in North America 1755-1783,
by Ron Aylor
-
Colours and Standards from the War of the Spanish Succession
(Wargame Flags by Ian Croxall)
-
Colours and Standards from the War of American Independence
(Wargame Flags by Ian Croxall)
-
Standards and Flags of the Napoleonic Era: A Bibliography,
by Steven H. Smith (Napoleon Series).
-
Colours and Standards from the Napoleonic Wars (Wargame
Flags by Ian Croxall)
- British
Colours of the Napoleonic Wars, by Alan Pendlebury (Napflags).
-
Battle Honours of Scottish Regiments, 1680-1913, by Scottish
Military Historical Society.
-
Battle Honours of Scottish Regiments, 1914-1991, by Scottish
Military Historical Society.
-
Colours of the Fort Henry Guard (1860s re-enactor)
- Some
British Army Regimental Colours and Cap Badges (cigarette
cards) [internet archive]
-
The Queen's Colour for the Royal Air Force (1977-1993)
[internet archive]
-
Flags in the Royal Navy (official RN glossary).
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- Music
- for specific bands see individual regiments
and corps, and divisions
- Corps
of Army Music
- Britain
and her Military Music, by Richard Powell
- Of
the Sound of the Drum [18th century]
- Bands
of the British Army (The Heritage of Military Bands
of the World)
- The Regimental
Drum Major Association
- Scottish
Pipe Bands (Montie's List)
- Regimental
Music (The Lowland Scots Regiments, 1918)
- English
Pipe Bands (Montie's List)
- Northern
Irish Pipe Bands (Montie's List)
- Welsh
Pipe Bands (Montie's List)
-
Notes on Pipes, Drums and Bands to 1973, by Scottish
Military Historical Society.
-
British Army Songs of World War II, by Robyn Dowsett.
- Midland
CD Club (British military bands -- books, CDs, videos)
- Hinde's
Collection of Quick Marches.
- International
Military Music Society UK.
- Corps
of Drums Society.
- Henry
Potter, Army Drum & Flute maker, by Terry McGee.
- Miniature
Regimental Drums (Armoury of St. James)
- Music
and Songs of WWII, by Robyn Dowsett (A British Soldier
Remembers)
- Drill
- Soldiers'
Drill, 1660-1715, by Ben Levick.
- Manual
of Arms [18th century], by Michael Fitzgerald and maintained
by Sean Kavanaugh.
- Exercise
for the Foot, 1757
- Hinde's
Discipline for the Light Horse (1778)
-
The 1764 British Musket Drill
- The
Manual Exercise, 1764
- A
New System of Military Discipline, by Richard Lambert, Earl
of Cavan (1776).
-
Sergeants' Pike Drill, 1814, by Robert Henderson (Discriminating
General)
- Rifle
Drill Manual, 1807
-
Field Exercise, 1862 tanscribed
by Bruce Cairns.
-
Manual of Elementary Drill (All Arms), 1935
-
Pace Sticking, by B. Taylor.
- Ceremonial
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-
Defence of Britain Project
- Military
Museums and Other Places of Military Interest (Army list)
-
Military Museums, by Henrik Teller (Simonides listing).
- Military-Shows.Com,
by Neil Weiner.
- German
POW Camps in Britain, WW2, by ?
- Location
of POW Camps in Great Britain, by Brett Exton.
- England
- Aldershot
Military Museum (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
- Aldershot
Military Museum (Hampshire County Council listing)
- Aldershot
Military Museum (Simonides listing)
- Berwick
Barracks Museum (Simonides listing)
- British
in India Museum, Colne, Lancs (Simonides listing)
- Brooklands
Museum (Simonides listing)
- D-Day
Museum, Portsmouth (Simonides listing)
- East
of England Tank Museum, Harwich
- Eden
Camp Modern History Theme Museum, Malton (Simonides
listing)
- Fort
Nelson, Fareham (Simonides listing)
- Gurkha
Museum, Winchester (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
-
Hogarth House (Elora, Ontario)
- Imperial
War Museum Reserve Collection, Duxford (Simonides listing)
- The
Keep Military Museum, Dorchester (museum site)
- The
Keep Military Museum, Dorchester (Simonides listing)
- Landguard Fort,
Suffolk (official site)
- Loughborough
War Memorial Museum (Simonides listing)
- Military
Vehicle Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- The
Muckleburgh Collection, Weymouth
(Museum site)
- Aviation
Museums in the UK
- Museum
of Army Flying, Stockbridge (Simonides listing)
- Museum
of Army Flying, Stockbridge (museum site)
- Museum
of Badges and Battledress, Bedale (Simonides listing)
- National
Army Museum, RMA Sandhurst Outstation (Simonides listing)
- Needles
Old Battery, IOW (Simonides listing)
- Newhaven
Fort (Museum site)
- Nothe
Fort Museum of Coastal Defence, Weymouth (Simonides
listing)
-
Palmerston Forts Society
- Pendennis
Castle, Falmouth (Simonides listing)
- Preston
Hall Museum,Stockton-on-Tees (Simonides listing)
- Redoubt
Fortress Museum, Eastbourne, Sussex
- Royal
Armouries Museum, Leeds
- Tank
Museum, Bovington (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
- Tank Museum,
Bovington (Museum site)
- Tank
Museum, Bovington (Simonides listing)
- War
Room and Motor House Collection, Harrogate (Simonides
listing)
- London
- Scotland
- Channel Islands
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- Note: For
British Army research collections, guides, and services outside
the United Kingdom, see the appropriate
country
- Genealogical Research Help
-
My Ancestor was in the British Army: How can I find out
more about him?, by Michael J. and Christopher T. Watts.
- Finding
British Army Ancestors, by Don Dickson.
- Military
Genealogy on the Internet, by Peter Christian (Ancestors,
the family history magazine of the Public Record Office)
- Family
History Research and British Military History, 1801-1945
(The British Library)
- A
Synopsis for Searching Records at PRO, by Paul Wallace
(Britregiments@ Yahoo!Groups)
- PRO WO97 Soldiers
Records, by Brendan Stebbings
- British
Military Records, by East Anglian Village Research.
- Service
Records (Moving Here)
- Irish
Service Records (Moving Here)
- South
Asian Service Records (Moving Here)
- Caribbean
Service Records (Moving Here)
- Jewish
Service Records (Moving Here)
- Polish
Veterans Records in the UK, by A. Mongeon.
- The UK
& Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI)
- Regimental
numbers... 1829-1914, by Michael Hargreave Mawson
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Genealogical Help Service, by Scots at War Project.
- Rumors
of Glory: Military Genealogy, by Denis Grant.
- Army
Pension Records [18th century]
- Researching
Grandad's War [1914-1918], by Chris Baker (The British
Army in the Great War)
-
Researching a Relative's Service in the Great War, by
Andrew Thornton.
- The
British Army in the Great War 1914-1919, by Tom Tulloch-Marshall.
- British
WW2 Veterans Reunion and tracing your Military Ancestors Page,
by Caryl Williams
- Government Publications
- Public Records
- Army
Records Office [post-1920 service records and
medals]
- Ministry
of Defence Veterans Agency
- The National
Archives [2003 merger of PRO and HMC; holds pre-1920
service & medal records]
- Medieval
and Early Modern Soldiers (Military Records Information
1)
- Tudor
and Stuart: Militia Muster Rolls (Military Records
Information 2)
- Civil
War Soldiers 1642-1660 (Military Records Information
3)
- British
Army: Officers' Records 1660-1913 (Military Records
Information 4)
- British
Army: Soldiers' Discharge Papers, 1760-1913 (Military
Records Information 5)
- PRO WO97 Soldiers
Records, by Brendan Stebbings
- British
Army: Soldiers' Pensions, 1702-1913 (Military Records
Information 6)
- British
Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898 (Military
Records Information 7)
- British
Army: Officers' Commissions (Military Records Information
73)
- Medals:
British Armed Services, Campaign, and other Service Medals
(Military Records Information 76)
- Medals:
British Armed Services: Gallantry (Military Records
Information 77)
- Medals:
British Armed Services: Gallantry, Further Information
(Military Records Information 78)
- Medal
Index Cards, by Forrest Anderson.
- Militia
1757-1914 (Military Records Information 18)
- Auxiliary
Army Forces: Volunteers, Yeomanry, Territorials & Home
Guard 1769-1945 (Military Records Information
72)
- British
Army: Officers' Records 1914-1918 (Military Records
Information 10)
- British
Army: Soldiers' Papers, 1914-1918, First World War
(Military Records Information 9)
- British
Army: Courts Martial: First World War, 1914-1918 (Military
Records Information 75)
- First
World War: Conscientious Objectors & Exemptions from Service
(Military Records Information 16)
- First
World War: Disability and Dependants' Pensions (Military
Records Information 15)
- British
Army: Courts Martial, 17th-20th Centuries (Military
Records Information 22)
- Prisoners
of War (British) c1760-1919 (Military Records Information
12)
- Prisoners
of War in British Hands, 1698-1949 (Ex-PoWs and Displaced
Persons, 1945 onwards) (Military Records Information
29)
- Major
Accessions to Repositories in 1994 relating to Military
History
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Major Accessions to Repositories in 1995 relating to Military
History
-
Major Accessions to Repositories in 1996 relating to Military
History
-
Major Accessions to Repositories in 1997 relating to Military
History
-
Major Accessions to Repositories in 1998 relating to Military
History
- Major
Accessions to Repositories in 1999 relating to Military
History
- Major
Accessions to Repositories in 2000 relating to Military
History
- Major
Accessions to Repositories in 2001 relating to Military
History
- Major
Accessions to Repositories in 2002 relating to Military
History
- Major
Accessions to Repositories in 2003 relating to Military
History
- Public
Record Office of Northern Ireland
-
India Office Records (British Library)
- Local Public Records
- Research Collections
- Library Online Catalogues
- Military Research for Hire (PRO, India Office,
etc.)
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- Discussion Groups
- Historical Societies
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- Books
- Periodicals
- Fiction: Flashman
- Films
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