Research Catalog

Title

Army records : a guide for family historians / William Spencer.

Author

Spencer, William, 1963-

Publication

Kew : National Archives, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

National Archives (Great Britain)

Description

168 p : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Concerns the records in the Army of Great Britain.

Subject

• Great Britain. Army > Records and correspondence
• Soldiers > Great Britain > Genealogy > Archival resources
• Great Britain > Genealogy

Genre/Form

• letters (correspondence)
• personal correspondence.
• records (documents)
• business records.
• handbooks.
• manuals (instructional materials)
• Records (Documents)
• Personal correspondence
• Family histories
• Handbooks and manuals
• Correspondance privée.
• Documents administratifs.
• Histoires familiales.
• Guides et manuels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 Organization of the Army 11 -- 2 Records of the Army Before 1660 18 -- 3 Commissioned Officers 24 -- 4 Other Ranks, 1660-1913 41 -- 5 Royal Artillery 64 -- 6 Royal Engineers 67 -- 7 Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers 69 -- 8 Casualty Returns and Operational Records 78 -- 9 Medals and Awards, 1793-1991 81 -- 10 Courts Martial 87 -- 11 The British Army in India and the Indian Army 91 -- 12 Colonial and Dominion Forces 95 -- 13 Foreign Troops in British Pay 101 -- 14 Records of Support Services 105 -- 15 Prisoners of War and War Crimes 114 -- 16 First World War 120 -- 17 Second World War 131 -- 18 Other Twentieth-Century Campaigns 139 -- 19 General Genealogical Records 143 -- 20 Records Held by Other Institutions 146 -- 21 Research Techniques 151 -- Appendix 1 Organization Chart of the Army 155 -- Appendix 2 Ranks of the British Army 155 -- Appendix 3 Useful Dates 156 -- Appendix 4 Imperial Yeomanry Companies and Battalions 158 -- Appendix 5 Regimental Order of Precedence 160 -- Appendix 6 Key War Office Records and how they are made available 162.

ISBN

• 1905615108 (pbk.)
• 9781905615100 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 233383000
• SCSB-10768233

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library