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Coronation Medals: Four Recipients and their Stories

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Simon Pearce

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…

Researching British WWI Ancestors: Part II

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Simon Pearce

In our second instalment of Researching British WWI Ancestors, Forces War Records (FWR) Military Genealogist Simon Pearce delves deeper into the collections available to our subscribers.  My previous blog focused on getting…

Researching British WWI Ancestors: Part I

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Simon Pearce

Our Military Genealogist, Simon Pearce, shows you how to start researching British WW1 ancestors.  Researching your WW1 ancestors’ military service is a rewarding and exciting part of family history. Knowing where to…

Researching Nurses During WWI & WWII

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Simon Pearce

This research guide offers handy hints and tips for discovering and researching pioneering women who served as nurses during WWI and WWII.

Forces War Records Joins the Ancestry Family

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Neil White

The leading family history website Ancestry has announced that it is acquiring UK military records website Forces War Records.

Boy Soldiers at War

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Neil White

Throughout history children have ended up on the battlefields. Read more details about boy soldiers in WW1 and WW2 on Forces War Records

Thiepval Memorial – commemorating the Missing of the Somme

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Neil White

The Thiepval Memorial bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Battles of the Somme during WW1

Track down World War One and World War Two Officers

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Neil White

Search and Discover thousands of British Officers in WW1 and WW2 using our Army Lists and other resources from Forces War Records

One Thousand Men Are Walking

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Neil White

Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day 2019. An hour later (without any help) he produced the following poignant poem – One Thousand Men Are Walking

Discover your ancestor’s Military History

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Neil White

No matter in what avenue your family member served – whether they joined the Forces, did what they could in the factories and fields the Home Front, travelled to tend the sick on the battlefields of the Western Front or worked for the government – theirs

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