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

Roll of Honour-  http://www.roll-of-honour.com

Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

War memorials in Cumbria - http://cumbrianwarmemorials.blogspot.com/

War Memorials Overseas

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

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

 

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

Imperial War Museum - http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100a

Advice on tracing military ancestry and using the museum's resources.

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

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

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.

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.

National Archive - 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.

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.

Indian Mutiny Medal Roll - http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm

Listing of all recipients of the Indian Mutiny Medal (1857-1859)

 

Related Organisations

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

 

Conservation of War Memorials: Advice and Funding

War Memorials Trust –  http://www.warmemorials.org/

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

 

Museums

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.

 

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.

  

Research Groups and Societies

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

 

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

 

Western Front Association - http://www.westernfront.co.uk

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/

 

Ministry of Supply Factory, Dalbeattie World War II Cordite Works.  Seeking the names of munitions workers from the Second World War for a Roll of Honour.

http://www.dalbeattie.com/ministryofsupplyfactorydalbeattie/rollofhonour.html