Thursday 4 November 2021

Ancestry adds more UK military records

The following military collections have been added to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) this last week: 

UK, Military Records of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages and Burials, 1813-1957
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62113/
Original data: WO 156: War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials, and Marriage. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives.

This collection contains registrations of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, banns, and burials for individuals who served in the British military, including those stationed overseas. This collection is unique in that the original records were recorded by military chaplains. Because of this, the collection combines the level of detail you find in parish records with the uniformity of civil registrations.

(NB: In the rest of the description Ancestry claims the Church of England is the 'official state religion of the United Kingdom' - perhaps ignore this bit, or maybe let the Kirk write to them!)


UK, Royal Navy Officer Patrol Service Cards, 1904-1970
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62112/
Original data: ADM 364: Admiralty: Royal Naval Officers Patrol Service (Trawler Skipper) cards, 1904-1970. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archive.

This collection contains records for those who served in the Royal Navy Patrol Service from 1904-1970. Records in this collection are Royal Navy Continuous Record cards, which were updated throughout the serviceman’s naval career. Records are handwritten in ledgers and organised by function and service number.


UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62274/
Original data: AIRMEN DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45. East Sussex, England: The Naval and Military Press Ltd.

This collection comprises a comprehensive list of British, Commonwealth, Dominion, and Allied European air service members who lost their lives in service during the Second World War. More than 129,000 air service members are recorded in this index-only collection, which includes valuable personal information, such as aircraft serial numbers, details that may be hard to find in other collections.

Chris

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