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This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records from armed forces personnel, civilians traveling or working abroad, and individuals at sea. The records are held by the General Register Office (GRO) and The National Archives (TNA), and information in the indexes can be used to order a copy of the actual certificate. Index courtesy of ...
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This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records from armed forces personnel, civilians traveling or working abroad, and individuals at sea. British citizens or members of the armed forces who were born, married, or died outside of the British Isles may have had the event recorded with the British Consul or High Commissioner. Some regime...
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Description: Armed forces service records containing records of individuals' service in the British armed forces. Pre First World War and general: Annotated copies of published Army Lists recording officers' services from 1754-1900, WO 65 - WO 66. Manuscript army lists, 1702-1823, WO 64. Records and returns of officers' services, WO 67 and WO 76.
- 1702-2007
- Armed Forces Service Records
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51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland [197] Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland [198] 27 AEC Group (Edinburgh), ETS [36] Headquarters, 5 Military Intelligence Battalion, Intelligence Corps [199] Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming [200] Regent's Park Barracks.
NameGarrisonConstituent CountryCountyAlexander BarracksEnglandSurreyAliwal BarracksEnglandWiltshireAllenby BarracksEnglandDorsetAlma LinesEnglandNorth YorkshireYou can apply for either: your own records of service if you are, or have been, a member of the armed forces. the records of a deceased serviceperson. How long it takes. It can take up to a...
Overseas military bases of the United Kingdom enable the British Armed Forces to conduct expeditionary warfare and maintain a forward presence. Bases tend to be located in or near areas of strategic or diplomatic importance, often used for the build-up or resupply of military forces, as was seen during the 1982 Falklands War and the use of RAF ...
Search for a range of different types of British Army and Royal Navy birth, marriage and death records (£), including baptism and burial records and registers of marriages and deaths, at...