Genealogy hints and tips on how to discover your submariner ancestor – Taken from the Forces War Records Monthly e-magazine.
Month: July 2016
R.A.F. Squadron Codes and how they can help your Military Genealogy esearch
How to identifying R.A.F. Squadrons and units from pictures
Enriching your Family Tree: Finding Complete RAF Aircrews
Our support team get asked all kinds of different questions relating to ancestors’ service in the wars. One of the most significant recent questions has been how to find out the names and details of other crew members on aircraft that customers’ ancestors
BATTLE OF BRITAIN – The Few and the Unsung Ground Crews
Everyone knows about the Battle of Britain, and how ‘the Few’ saved the country from invasion. What they don’t necessarily remember is that every one of the fighter pilots mentioned in Churchill’s ‘the Few’ speech had a team of dedicated ground crew, RADA
WW1 Troop Movements – Track your army ancestor’s movements using our Order of Battle of Divisions (ORBATS) interactive Map
Track the movements of your WW1 army ancestor through battles such as the Somme, see where his unit moved to and listen to what happened at each location.