Discover Your Family's Wartime Story | How-to | Ancestry UK

Here are some tips to help you discover your family’s wartime stories with Ancestry. You can find the links to key record collections below:

In this video we’ll show you how to get the most out of your search and highlight some of our key collections - from service records to war diaries, there’s so much to uncover.
You could find details about where your ancestors served, the part they played on the homefront, and even physical characteristics like eye colour - who knows what you’ll find with Ancestry?


Key Collections in video:
Military Records - https://bit.ly/3aY3PAK
UK Wartime Records - https://bit.ly/3ner1QT

Second World War collections:
WWII Civil Defence Gallantry Awards - https://bit.ly/3m3qgLj
1939 England and Wales Register - https://bit.ly/2Z75D8l
WWII Civilian Deaths - https://bit.ly/2XvEkn9
WWII Alien Internees - https://bit.ly/3B1pTVI

First World War collections:
WWI British Army - Service Records - https://bit.ly/2ZjovAO
WWI British Army - Pension Records - https://bit.ly/3pkUVpd
Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services - https://bit.ly/3pkWi7l
WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards - https://bit.ly/3aVACqb
British Army WWI Medal Rolls - https://bit.ly/3joaHMf

War Diaries
WWI Western Front War Diaries - https://bit.ly/2ZuwYBz
WWI Gallipoli War Diaries - https://bit.ly/3pLipnN
WWII D-Day War Diaries - https://bit.ly/3Es6rnk

Casualty Records
Commonwealth War Graves - https://bit.ly/3vT9qll
Soliders Died in the Great War - https://bit.ly/3mok14W
Royal Naval Division Casualties - https://bit.ly/3pHEK5G
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects - https://bit.ly/3Cnps9v

Medal Records
British Army WWI Medal Rolls - https://bit.ly/3nyIIuN
Navy Lists - https://bit.ly/3Bosnh8

Other
WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards - https://bit.ly/2ZfkAFh
Absent Voter Lists - https://bit.ly/3mlXnKa





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