World War 2 Allies Collection
These military records can reveal fascinating details for your family tree including:
Your ancestors’ soldier number
Their rank and regiment
Their attestation year
Their date of death and where they were laid to rest
From the British Armed Services, the following record sets are included in the collection:
Army Lists 1939-1945
Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945
British Army casualty lists 1939-1945
Civilian casualties in Britain 1940-1945
Coldstream Guards 1939-1945
CWGC 1939-1945
Durham Home Guard 1940-1945
Faces of the Fallen
Honourable Artillery Company 1939-1945
Prisoners of War 1939-1945
Royal Air Force combat reports
Royal Air Force operations record books 1939-1945
Royal Artillery enlistments from 1910
Royal Tank Corps enlistments 1919-1934
Royal Welch Fusiliers 1920-1946
Scots Guards 1939-1945
Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee, DC Thomson Staff War Album 1939-1945
While from the American Armed Forces, you'll find:
US Servicemen in North Devon
Historical Society of Pennsylvania World War II Casualty Cards
National Veterans Cemetery Index
Louisiana Draft Cards, 1940-1959
Maine, Second World War Enlistment Record Index
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Veteran Graves Index, 1775 - 2010 (pull just the relevant years)
Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (pull just the relevant years)
World War II Army Enlistment Records
US National Archives World War II Army Enlistment Records, Reserve Corps Records Index, 1838-1946
Kansas, World War II Selective Service Index
Georgia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940 - 1942
US National Archives World War II Prisoners of War Index, 1942-1947
Duty Locations, Naval Group China, World War II, 1942-1945
World War II Prisoners of War
Massachusetts Index of Casualties, World War II
There's also a special 'Faces of the Second World War' collection from Canada.
In addition the site has added World War 2 newspaper photos from the Mirror Group.
For further details visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/wartime-photos-records
COMMENT: It's disappointing that whilst I can search for people using the terms England, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands, I can't search for people using the term Northern Ireland or Irish Free State, with Ireland seemingly an all island category. It would be great to see that rectified.
Chris
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It is also disappointing that record sets like Royal Air Force operations record books 1939-1945 are links to non name indexed batches of images on the TNA website and not searchable content on Find my past.
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