Whether you are interested in the career of an individual officer, researching medals awarded to a soldier or just want to know about a particular battle or campaign, this book will point you in the right direction.
Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the British Army, its history or organisation, Simon Fowler explains, which records survive, where they can be found and how they can help you in your research. He also describes the resources available online as well as books and campaign history.
Information on all the major Archives and Museums including the National Archives are listed. It also includes information on the Indian Army.
Contents:
Preface
1. Getting Started
2. Organisation of the Army in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
3. The Army Before 1660
4. Officers
5. Other Ranks: Enlistment and Conditions of Service
6. Medals
7. Casualty Records
8. Discipline and Desertion
9. Pension Records
10. Militia 1757-1914
11. Women
12. British in India
13. Dominion and Colonial Forces
14. Boer War
15. The First World War
16. The Second World War
17. 1919-1969
Appendix 1. Army Service Numbers
Appendix 2. Problem Solving
Appendix 3. TNA Research Guides on Tracing Soldier Ancestors
Appendix 4. War Office Record Classes Available Only on Microfilm
Appendix 5. Army Ranks
Index
