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Tracing your First World War ancestors : a guide for family historians

Tracing your First World War ancestors : a guide for family historians

Fowler, Simon, author.
Book 2021

"The First World War was perhaps the most traumatic event of the Twentieth Century. Millions of men, women and children were affected by it. And it still has a resonance today more than a hundred years after the Armistice. This guide offers a simple, yet comprehensive, guide to researching the men and women from Britain - and its dominions and colonies - who took part in the First World War either at the front or at home It is an accessible, up-t...

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Great Britain Genealogy Handbooks, manuals, etc
Great Britain. Army Records and correspondence
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps Records and correspondence
Great Britain. Royal Navy Records and correspondence
Soldiers Great Britain Genealogy Handbooks, manuals, etc
World War, 1914-1918 Sources
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ISBN:
9781399000390
Edition:
Second edition
Description:
viii, 163 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: Newbury: Countryside, 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Starting out
Armed service records
Researching soldiers : additional resources
Casualties
The war at sea
In the air
Women, civilians and the home front
The Dominions
Useful addresses
Key websites
How the army was organized
Battlefield tourism
Control Number:
3177210
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