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Are you getting the most out of your genealogy research?
If you’re researching your family’s history then you’ve probably uncovered at least one ancestor with military links — especially when you consider there were over 50 million military casualties from World War…
Medal Index Cards Explained – What is a Medal Index Card?
Many of you have asked what exactly is a medal index card. Click here to find out what a medal index card is and how you can use it.
Wilfred Owen: “My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.”
Sometimes in the most tragic circumstances people are inspired to express their emotions – they make music, they paint, they write… First World War British soldier, Wilfred Owen, chose to write and…
The Most Decorated Woman Of The Second World War
Nancy Wake was the most decorated woman of the second world war. She was also the Gestapo’s most wanted person. Read here incredible story here.
The 2nd Great Fire of London – St Pauls Cathedral in WW2
Christmas time in 1940, really was an explosive one, and on the evening of the 29th and 30th December, Luftwaffe, Germany’s powerful Air force, launched a devastating raid on London. Named the Blitz, during the raid 130 Heinkel HE111s aircraft dropped 10,
WW2 Italian Prisoner of War Camp Records Released
Forces War Records are have exclusively released records from Italian prisoner of war camps. These records can now be viewed in our archives.
November 13th 1941 – HMS Ark Royal hit by Torpedo And Sunk
HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91 (1937-1941)) was the first purpose built large aircraft carrier to be completed for the Royal Navy, and one of the most famous warships of WWII, part of her fame came from repeated German claims to have sunk her. Ark Roya
Lizzie the Elephant in WW1
What a strange scene it must have looked — an elephant pulling a cart up and down the cobbled streets of Sheffield. It might have looked like the circus was in town, but this exotic beast was actually playing a big part in helping Britain during the First
WWI Wounded Records – WW1 Shrapnel Wounds & Injuries
World War I resulted in huge losses of life with an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million injured. Cenotaphs remember nearly a million British soldiers who died in World War One and more than twice as many were injured — however, the