Martin Edwards has created a great website that contains details of over 1,500 men who served in the 1st and 1st Garrison Battalions, Bedfordshire Regiment and died during the First World War. Links to any war memorials in the United … Continue reading
My father was in the Royal Artillery during WW2, that was until he got transferred to the East African Army and sent to Nairobi to learn Swahili. An interesting move on the British Army’s part as he was a bricklayer … Continue reading
Ancestry.co.uk have announced a new addition to their military collection. Even if you don’t have a recipient on your family tree it would be interesting to find out if anyone from your ancestors village or town was awarded the highest … Continue reading
I’ve just had an email from Sue Light who is the person behind Military Nurses Records now available on Find My Past. She said she hadn’t been called a genealogical hero before, but I think anyone who offers their many … Continue reading
Thanks to my friend Sue who sent me a link to newspaper article in The Irish Times which announced the launching of a new website which will be of interest to many family historians. The Military Archives which are held … Continue reading
