Military Genealogist Simon Pearce has been exploring our Coronation medals collections and delving into the stories of some of the recipients of the 1937 and 1953 medals. A Coronation is a significant…
Tag: pow
Forces War Records Joins the Ancestry Family
The leading family history website Ancestry has announced that it is acquiring UK military records website Forces War Records.
Tracing Your POW Ancestor – Prisoner of War Records
Are you having trouble discovering details and information on your ancestors POW records? If you are please read this short tutorial taken from our monthly magazine that could help with your research
Temporary Captain Ernest Gordon’s Story – Prisoner, Evader, Survivor
Continuing our run up to a new collection release tomorrow, we’re following the story of Temporary Captain (War Substantive Lieutenant) Ernest Gordon, who was captured at Singapore and came within inches of death, surviving only thanks to the care of two
Story of Marcus McDilda – Kempeitai Torture – WW2 FEPOW
We’ve got a brand new collection of records coming out on the eve of #VJDay, the 14th of August. As a little taster check out our blog and read about one of the men who could testify to the horrors of being an Allied FEPOW under the Japanese: Marcus McDil
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.