Links

Here are some links to useful sites relating to war memorials and related topics. We add to this all the time, so please check back.

 

War Memorials: General Surveys

Anglo-Boer War Memorials Project - http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/abwmp/index.html

National Maritime Museum - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/   Contained within this website is a database listing memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters.

Roll of Honour-  http://www.roll-of-honour.com   Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties.

Regional War Memorial Websites:

Buckinghamshire Remembers - http://www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk

Cumbria War Memorials - http://cumbrianwarmemorials.blogspot.com/

Dover War Memorial Project - http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/

Gloucestershire War Memorials - http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/index.htm

Isle of Wight War Memorials - http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/

Lincolnshire War Memorials - http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html

North East War Memorials Project (memorials located in Northumberland, Newcastle-on-Tyne and County Durham) - http://www.newmp.org.uk/

Portsmouth War Memorials - http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/

Shropshire War Memorials - http://shropshirewarmemorials.blogspot.com/   This is a blog for those interested in War Memorials in Shropshire.

War Memorials Overseas

Belgian National Remembrance Committee - http://www.ww1-ww2-commemorations.com/index.htm

French history of commemoration - http://www.defense.gouv.fr/sga/enjeux_defense/histoire_et_patrimoine/memoire

German memorials project Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge - http://www.volksbund.de/kurzprofil/homepage_en.asp

Irish War Memorials Project - http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/ 

War Graves and Cemeteries

WW1Cemetries.com - http://ww1cemeteries.com/   Site of remembrance and guide to military cemeteries and memorials, primarily of Belgium and France, but also including Great Britain and other countries.

Roll of Honour - Far East - http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/   Information about Commonwealth service personnel who died in the Far East during the Second World War and cemeteries in those countries.

Family History

Anglo Boer War Register - http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/   Pay per view database with details of over 145,500 men and women who served in the British Imperial Forces during the war in southern Africa, including soldiers, sailors, nurses and civilians.

Armed Forces Memorial Roll of Honour - http://www.forcesmemorial.org.uk/roll-of-honour.asp  Searchable database of all members of the armed forces who have died in service since 1945.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/
Holds the "Debt of Honour Register" - the Commission's database listing of the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations world-wide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.

Family Records Centre - http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/
Aims to help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.

Federation of Family History Societies - http://www.ffhs.org.uk/   Information about family history and links to the various societies located throughout the UK.

Imperial War Museum - http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100a   Advice on tracing military ancestry and using the museum's resources.

Indian Mutiny Medal Roll - http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm   Listing of all recipients of the Indian Mutiny Medal (1857-1859).

The National Archives - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/  The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently released to the public. Records held include military service records.

Royal Navy and Royal Marine Casualty Lists from pre 1914 to 2008 - www.naval-history.net

Related Organisations

English Heritage - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

History Today - http://www.historytoday.com/frontpage.aspx 

Conservation of War Memorials: Advice and Funding

English Heritage Grants Scheme - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1124

War Memorials Trust - http://www.warmemorials.org   The Trust works to protect and conserve all war memorials in the UK and can offer technical and conservation advice.

Museums

AJEX - Association of Jewish Ex-Sevicemen and Women - http://www.ajex.org.uk/index.htm   AJEX manages the Jewish Military Museum, which holds the Jewish book of Honour from the 1st World War and is currently compiling a Roll of Honour of more than 60,000 who served from World War 2 to the present day.

Imperial War Museum - http://www.iwm.org.uk   The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. It seeks to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and how it affects our lives.  

Research Groups and Societies

Ministry of Supply Factory, Dalbeattie World War II Cordite Works -  http://www.dalbeattie.com/ministryofsupplyfactorydalbeattie/rollofhonour.html   Seeking the names of munitions workers from the Second World War for a Roll of Honour.

Royal Sussex Regiment - http://www.royalsussex.org.uk

Scottish War Memorials Discussion Forum - http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/index.php?mforum=warmemscot

South Atlantic Medal Association Garden of Remembrance -  http://www.sama82.org/garden/home.htm   Listing of all service personnel killed during the Falklands Conflict

Western Front Association - http://www.westernfrontassociation.com   Formed with the aim of furthering interest in the First World War

Yorkshire Regiment First World War Remembrance - http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/ww1-remembrance/