Five new military collections just launched: over 480,000 new records
We have just published five fantastic new military record collections on findmypast.co.uk which comprise 482,879 records. See below for details of each set of records and for more information about...
View ArticleAsk the Expert – elusive war records
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, answers your queries. From Lin Moorman: ‘My grandfather Thomas Pilsbury, born on 18 February 1877, volunteered or was called up quite late in...
View ArticleAsk the expert – absent service record
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Mary Gregg: ‘My father served in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in WWI....
View ArticleAsk the expert – WWI ancestor?
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Alan Theobald: ‘I have been trying to find any records of my paternal...
View ArticleAsk the expert – Chelsea Pensioner ancestor
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Roslyn Berthelsen in Queensland, Australia: ‘I have been trying to...
View ArticleAsk the expert – missing father
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Pauline Woodcock: ‘I am trying to trace information regarding my...
View ArticleAsk the expert – missing service number
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Derek Franklin: ‘I am trying to trace Arthur Hollingsworth’s army...
View ArticleAsk the expert – elusive Royal Navy ancestor
Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Graham Browster: ‘My grandfather served in WWI – he was 28893 Dvr E...
View ArticleAsk the expert – RAF Muster Roll
Our resident expert Stephen Rigden, pictured below, answers your queries. From Lawrence Plaskett: ‘I am amazed, since I have a family chart of 1600 names, to find a surprising absence as late as WWI....
View ArticleSeptember newsletter competition – win one of Lyn Macdonald’s bestselling WWI...
In this month’s findmypast.co.uk newsletter, we’re giving 15 lucky readers the chance to win a bestselling WWI book from Penguin. The books, from one of Penguin’s most popular WWI authors, are being...
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