Special Military History Exhibition at Who Do You Think You Are? Live
With 2014 marking the centenary of the start of The First World War, the premier family history exhibition ‘Who Do You Think You Are Live? has announced a special ‘Military History’ area on the...
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Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum seek WW1 photos
The following is a plea from Shirley Williams of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum in Caernarfon. We at the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum in Caernarfon are starting the mammoth task of looking for photos...
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Top secret MI5 files now available online..
For those family history researchers interested in tales of the underground world of secret espionage, The National Archives has announced the release of over 150 top secret MI5 files. The records are...
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New military record sets added to TheGenealogist
Recent developments at TheGenealogist have seen the release of over 650,000 individuals who died in the First World War. Details include name, rank, regiment, place of birth, place of residence, place...
View ArticleLatest free event at The National Archives
The National Archives have announced a number of talks and events, many of them free over the coming months. With the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, there’s a free talk on the 5th...
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Unique Military Medal Records released by TheGenealogist
Over 117,000 ‘Military Medals’ were awarded in the First World War for ‘acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire’. These records are now available to view online complete with an image of the...
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World War I attack on Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool
On this day in 1916 the German Navy’s battle cruisers bombarded the north east of England. The Germans had hoped that the raid would draw out the Royal Navy’s capital ships in pursuit of the raiders...
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New WW1 Records Released
New avenues of research are opened up by the latest release of unique Great War records online. During the First World War many servicemen were reported as ‘Missing’ or ‘Killed in Action’ and for the...
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Battle of Jutland
This week sees the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. Many websites have been publishing their own stories to commemorate this event and browsing TheGenealogist’s Featured Articles...
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Launch of new website – War-Memorial.co.uk
War-Memorial.co.uk, is the brand new website dedicated to Photographing, Transcribing and preserving war memorial records for the future, has just launched online providing a unique service that allows...
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