• Second World War – an overview
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  1939 Register
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• British and Commonwealth prisoners of the Second World War and the Korean War
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  British Army casualty lists 1939-1945
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• British Army nurses
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• British Army officers in service after 1918
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• British Army operations in the Second World War
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• British Army soldiers in service after 1918
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• Conscientious objectors
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• Deaths in the First and Second World Wars
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• Durham Home Guard 1939-1945
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• Evacuees
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• Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office records from 1782
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• Home Guard personnel
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• Intelligence and security services
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• Internees
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• Land and property requisitioned for war in the 20th century
  Keywords: first world warlandrequisitioned landsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Looted art 1939-1961
  Keywords: art and artistsforeign affairsinternational relationssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online
• Merchant seamen serving since 1918
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two
• Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1939-1945
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• Merchant seamen’s medals and honours
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• Merchant shipping movement cards 1939-1945
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• Military maps of the Second World War
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• Military nursing
  Keywords: armynavynursesroyal air forceroyal navywomen's military service
• National Farm Survey of England and Wales 1941-1943
  Keywords: agriculturedatasetsfarms and farmingmapsnational farm surveystatistics
• Nazi persecution
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• Officers in the Merchant Navy
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• Prisoners of war in British hands
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  Prisoners of war: selected records 1715-1945
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• Recommendations for military honours and awards 1935-1990
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• Refugees
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• Research and development in the British Army
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• Research and development in the Royal Navy
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  Royal Air Force airmen service records 1912-1939
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• Royal Air Force combat reports 1939-1945
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• Royal Air Force operations
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• Royal Air Force operations record books 1911-1963
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• Royal Air Force personnel
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• Royal Air Force squadrons
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• Royal Marines officers
  Keywords: first world warofficers (royal marines)royal marinesworld war one
• Royal Marines other ranks
  Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one
• Royal Naval dockyard staff
  Keywords: dockyardnavyroyal navy
• Royal Naval Reserve personnel
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval reservesecond world war personnelworld war one
• Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955
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• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922
  Keywords: first world warroyal naval volunteer reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online
• Royal Navy commissioned and warrant officers: further research
  Keywords: courts martialnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navy
• Royal Navy commissioned officers
  Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navywarrant officersworld war one
• Royal Navy nurses and medical officers
  Keywords: navynursesroyal navysecond world war personnelwomen's military service
• Royal Navy operations in the Second World War
  Keywords: admiraltynavyroyal navysecond world war
• Royal Navy ratings enlisted after 1918
  Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsnavyroyal navysecond world warworld war two
• Royal Navy ratings’ pensions 17th-20th centuries
  Keywords: first world warnavypensionsroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Navy ratings: further research
  Keywords: navyroyal navysecond world war personnel
• Royal Navy warrant officers
  Keywords: navyofficers (royal navy)royal navywarrant officers
• Ships wrecked or sunk
  Keywords: merchant navyroyal navyshipping
• 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
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• Volunteers and Territorials
  Keywords: armybritish armyhome frontmilitiaofficers (army)regiments and corpssoldierterritorial armyvolunteer soldiers
• War crimes 1939-1945
  Keywords: control commissionnuremberg trialssecond world warwar crimes
• Women’s Land Army
  Keywords: home frontland girlssecond world warsecond world war personnelwomen's land army
• Women’s Royal Air Force personnel
  Keywords: first world warroyal air forcesecond world war personnelwomen's military service
• Women’s Royal Naval Service personnel
  Keywords: first world warroyal navywomen's military service All records viewable online