Tracing Your Army Ancestors
eBook - ePub

Tracing Your Army Ancestors

A Guide for Family Historians

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Tracing Your Army Ancestors

A Guide for Family Historians

About this book

This well-known author has produced yet another excellent guide for researching ancestors who have served in the Army. The book is an ideal text for reference when investigating army personnel. Military Archive Research.comA splendid publication with a great deal of valuable information. Michael Brooker, Guild of Battlefield GuidesWhether you are interested in the career of an individual officer, researching medals awarded to a soldier, or just want to know more about a particular battle or campaign, this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming the reader has no prior knowledge of the British Army, its history or organization, Simon Fowler explains what records survive, where they are to be found and how they can help you in your research. He shows how to make the best use of the increasing number of related resources to be found online, and he pays particular attention to explaining the records and the reasons behind their creation, as this information can be very important in understanding how these documents can help your research.

Information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Family History
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781781590867
eBook ISBN
9781844686681
Edition
2
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. FAMILY HISTORY FROM PEN & SWORD
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Dedication
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 Getting Started
  9. Chapter 2 Organisation of the Army in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  10. Chapter 3 The Army before 1660
  11. Chapter 4 Officers
  12. Chapter 5 Other Ranks: Enlistment and Conditions of Service
  13. Chapter 6 Medals
  14. Chapter 7 Casualty Records
  15. Chapter 8 Discipline and Desertion
  16. Chapter 9 Pension Records
  17. Chapter 10 Militia 1757–1914
  18. Chapter 11 Women
  19. Chapter 12 British in India
  20. Chapter 13 Dominion and Colonial Forces
  21. Chapter 14 Boer War
  22. Chapter 15 The First World War
  23. Chapter 16 The Second World War
  24. Chapter 17 1919–1969
  25. Appendix 1 Army Service Numbers
  26. Appendix 2 Problem Solving
  27. Appendix 3 TNA Research Guides on Tracing Soldier Ancestors
  28. Appendix 4 Army Ranks
  29. Index

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