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- Available on:1939 Register
Keywords: 1939 registercensuspopulationstatistics All records viewable online - Available on:Alien arrivals
Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)immigration All records viewable online - Available on:Alien entry books
Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)migrationnaturalisation All records viewable online - Aliens’ registration cards 1918-1957
Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)british citizenshipimmigrationnaturalisationpassengers All records viewable online - Available on:British Army and militia 1760-1915
Keywords: british armysoldiervolunteer soldiers All records viewable online - Available on:British Army casualty lists 1939-1945
Keywords: british armydeathssecond world warsoldierworld war two All records viewable online - British Army medal index cards 1914-1920
Keywords: armybritish armycampaign medalsfirst world wargallantry medalsmedalsofficers (army) All records viewable online - British Army nurses’ service records 1914-1918
Keywords: armybritish armyfirst world warnurseswomen's military service All records viewable online - British Army war diaries 1914-1922
Keywords: armybritish armyfirst world warregimentswar diaries All records viewable online - Country court death duty registers 1796-1811
Keywords: administrations of probatedeath duties (tax)legacies (probate)probatewills All records viewable online - Available on:Crime, prisons and punishment 1770-1935
Keywords: crime and criminalsprisons and prisonerstransportation (punishment) All records viewable online - Durham Home Guard 1939-1945
Keywords: home fronthome guardsecond world warsecond world war personnelsoldierworld war two All records viewable online - Famous wills 1552-1854
Keywords: famous peopleprerogative court of canterburyprobatewills All records viewable online - Available on:First World War soldiers’ service and pension records
Keywords: armybritish armyfirst world warworld war one All records viewable online - Free online records: digital microfilm
Keywords: admiraltyconvictscrime and criminalsforeign affairshome officenavy All records viewable online - French muster rolls from the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Keywords: high court of admiraltylog books (ships)shippingtrafalgar (battle of) All records viewable online - Government datasets
Keywords: agriculturecrime and criminalsdigital datasetshealth All records viewable online - Household Cavalry soldiers’ service records 1799-1920
Keywords: armybritish armycavalryfirst world warworld war one All records viewable online - Logs and journals of ships of exploration 1757-1904
Keywords: admiraltylog books (ships)navyroyal navyshipping All records viewable online - Looted art 1939-1961
Keywords: art and artistsforeign affairsinternational relationssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online - Available on:Maritime births 1867-1960
Keywords: birthsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Available on:Maritime deaths 1781-1968
Keywords: deathsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Available on:Maritime marriages 1854-1972
Keywords: marriagesmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1939-1945
Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsmerchant navynavysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two All records viewable online - Merchant shipping movement cards 1939-1945
Keywords: merchant navysecond world warshippingworld war two All records viewable online - Middlesex military service appeal tribunal 1916-1918
Keywords: conscientious objectorsconscriptionfirst world warworld war one All records viewable online - Naturalisation case papers 1801-1871
Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)british citizenshipimmigrationnaturalisation All records viewable online - Available on:Nonconformist and non-parish births, marriages and deaths 1567-1969
Keywords: baptismsbirthsdeathsmarriagesnonconformists All records viewable online - Available on:Passenger lists
Keywords: emigrationimmigrationpassengersshipping All records viewable online - Prisoner of war interview reports 1914-1918
Keywords: first world warprisoners of warworld war one All records viewable online - Available on:Prisoners of war: selected records 1715-1945
Keywords: first world warprisoners of warsecond world warworld war oneworld war two All records viewable online - Recommendations for military honours and awards 1935-1990
Keywords: armyawardsgallantry medalshonoursmedalssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online - Royal Air Force combat reports 1939-1945
Keywords: combat reports (raf)royal air forcesecond world warsquadrons (royal air force)world war two All records viewable online - Royal Air Force officers’ service records 1918-1919
Keywords: first world warofficers (air forces)rafroyal air forceworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Air Force operations record books 1911-1963
Keywords: rafroyal air forcesecond world warsquadrons (royal air force)world war two All records viewable online - Royal Marines’ service records 1842-1925
Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Air Service officers
Keywords: first world warofficers (air forces)royal naval air serviceworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Air Service officers’ service records 1906-1918
Keywords: first world warroyal naval air serviceworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Air Service ratings
Keywords: first world warroyal naval air serviceworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1919
Keywords: first world warroyal naval divisionroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Reserve officers’ service records 1862-1964
Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955
Keywords: first world warroyal naval reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922
Keywords: first world warroyal naval volunteer reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy officers’ service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920
Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy officers’ service records 1756-1931
Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)pensionsroyal navywarrant officersworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy ratings’ service records 1853-1928
Keywords: first world warnavyroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy unpaid pensions 1830-1860: claims by next of kin
Keywords: pensionsroyal navy All records viewable online - Sir Anthony Eden’s private office papers 1935-1946
Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relationsprivate paperssecond world war All records viewable online - Victoria Cross registers 1856-1944
Keywords: armybritish armyfirst world wargallantry medalsmedalssecond world warvictoria crossworld war one All records viewable online - Victorian prisoners’ photograph albums 1872-1873
Keywords: photographsprisons and prisoners All records viewable online - Wills 1384-1858
Keywords: deathsprerogative court of canterburyprobatewills All records viewable online - Wills of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel 1786-1882
Keywords: officers (royal navy)probateroyal navywarrant officerswills All records viewable online - Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps service records 1917-1920
Keywords: armyfirst world warwomen's military service All records viewable online - Women’s Royal Air Force service records 1918-1920
Keywords: royal air forcewomen's military service All records viewable online - Women’s Royal Naval Service personnel
Keywords: first world warroyal navywomen's military service All records viewable online - Women’s Royal Naval service records 1917-1919
Keywords: first world warwomen's royal naval serviceworld war one All records viewable online