Tracing Your Military Ancestors

If you are seeking information about ancestors who have been in the military, there are a number of resources which can help you. Many libraries and archive offices hold CD-ROMs such as "Soldiers Died in the Great War" and local newspaper accounts about individuals honoured in war.

The following websites may also provide useful genealogical and background information.

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - enables you to search by individual.
• The Great War 1914-1918 - provides links to many other useful sites.
• Imperial War Museum - dedicated to all aspects of British military history from the First World War to the present day.
• In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres - a Belgian based site on the Flanders battlefields.
• Liddle Collection - collects and preserves first hand experiences from the First World War.
• National Maritime Museum - for information relating to former naval personnel.
• Royal British Legion.
• Trenches on the Web - a history of the Great War.
• Western Front Association - dedicated to the memory of all those who fought and died on the Western Front.