Two new military collections from FindmyPast

Two new collections from FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) this week:

Faces of the Fallen 1914-1918

Explore this unique collection of photographs from our extensive newspaper archive. During the First World War, newspapers across Britain published photos of those who fought, died, went missing, or were wounded in action, providing a deeply personal record of the human cost of the conflict. These photos offer a moving and powerful glimpse of how the war affected communities across the British Isles, with a remarkable story behind each one waiting to be uncovered. We will update this collection regularly as we find more pages, ensuring that we continue to illuminate and remember more names and stories.

Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902

We've added 22,752 more records to this important military collection. It holds hundreds of thousands of names drawn from more than five hundred sources, revealing the unit your ancestor served with, as well as details of medals, honours, or awards they received. Additionally, it features a thoroughly revised list of men who were killed in action, died of wounds, or succumbed to disease.

For further details, and links, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/wartime-records-maps

Chris 

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FindmyPast adds burgess tickets for Glasgow's Boer War volunteers

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has added a new collection, Scotland, Glasgow City Volunteers, Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, at https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/scotland-glasgow-city-volunteers-anglo-boer-war-1899-1902.

This collection lists the names of volunteer soldiers from Glasgow who were awarded burgess between 1899 and 1902. There are 1,019 transcriptions included, offering a name, an occupation, an address, company and regiment information, and the date appointed burgess of the City of Glasgow.

For more details on this and other releases this week, please visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/settlement-examinations-boer-war-volunteers.

Chris

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FindmyPast adds local British Army Boer War enrolment forms

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has added a military collection which may be of assistance for Scottish and Irish research:

British Army, Local Armed Forces' Enrolment Forms, Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

This all-new set contains transcriptions for 64,888 enrolment forms from the Anglo-Boer War, which was fought between the British Empire and the Boer Republic in South Africa between 1899 and 1902.

Although the content of the records varies slightly depending on which enrolment form was used in each case, this set provides the name, age, nationality and trade of each soldier, as well as his regiment, regimental number and place of enlistment.

A next of kin (and their address) is also stated in these records. This provides valuable insight into each individual's family and background.

A quick test using Glasgow in a keyword search pulls up 537 entries, and for Belfast 191, so there may well be something in there for you.

For further details visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/boer-war-surrey

Chris

Pre-order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.