British Military Records Online

Introduction
This page has links to British Military records found online. The collections are organized in charts according to the website they are found on. Within the chart, the collections are organized chronologically. Here are some websites with British military record collections:


 * Ancestry ($) - a subscription site, Ancestry has many British military collections ranging from the 1700s to the 1900s
 * FamilySearch - a free site, FamilySearch has a few British military collections ranging from the 1700s to the early 1900s
 * FindMyPast ($) - a subscription site, FindMyPast has a variety of British military collections ranging from the 1600s to the 1900s
 * MyHeritage ($) - a subscription site, MyHeritage has a few British military collections ranging from the 1800s to the 1900s
 * Forces War Records ($) - a subscription site, Forces War Records has many British military collections ranging from the 1700s to the 1900s
 * Scotland's People ($) - a pay-per-view site, ScotlandsPeople has a few Scottish military collections
 * TheGenealogist ($) - a subscription site, TheGenealogist has British military collections ranging from the 1600s to the 1900s
 * Naval and Military Archive ($) - a subscription site, the NMA has British military collections from the 1800s to the 1900s. Membership can be purchased for a day, week, month, or year.
 * Military Archives (Ireland) - a free site, the Military Archives has many online Irish military collections
 * The National Archives (TNA) - a free site, TNA has many online British military collections that can be found on their British military research guides
 * Anglo Boer War - a free site, Anglo Boer War has a database of soldiers who fought in the Anglo Boer War
 * Soldiers of the Queen in the Second Anglo-Boer War - a free site, SOTQ has a database of soldiers who fought in the Anglo Boer War
 * Roll of Honour - a free site, Roll of Honour has, among other British military databases, a database of soldiers who fought in the Anglo Boer War

The National Archives
There are many British army collections found at The National Archives. Many of these collections have been digitized and made available on websites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry. For those only available at the Archives or on their website, click on these research guides to learn more about the records and how to access them:


 * British Army soldiers up to 1913
 * British Army soldiers after 1913
 * British Army officers up to 1913
 * British Army officers after 1913
 * Births, marriages and deaths in the armed forces
 * British military campaign and service medals
 * British military gallantry medals
 * Civilian gallantry medals, honours and other awards
 * Deaths in the First and Second World Wars
 * Courts martial and desertion in the British Army 17th-20th centuries
 * Royal Air Force personnel
 * Women’s Royal Air Force personnel
 * Women in the British Army