 Gladstone's secretary for war. As well as abolishing the system of purchasing commissions and promotions for officers, Cardwell gave each infantry regiment a county affiliation, basing the regiment in that county for recruitment and training. The table on the website lists the pre-1881 number of the infantry, or Regiments of Foot, and the regiment's name after the reforms.
A-Z of Regiments and Corps:
http://www.army.mod.uk/army/organise/a-z.htm Website contains links to information on the existing regiments and corps of the modern British Army. Following through to a units' web pages often reveals historical information on the regiment including predecessor units and contact information on the regiments' museum and archives.
Military History Research Index:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2750/milhis.htm This site is a central registry for anyone to record their military history interests in order to make contact with other researchers.
United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogy (GenUKI) Military History:
Cyndi's List - UK Military:
Imperial War Museum:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/ The Imperial War Museum is devoted to the twentieth century.
National Army Museum:
http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ Discover the compelling story of the British soldier in peace and war. See how Britain's soldiers have lived, worked and fought - from the 15th Century to the present day.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea:
http://www.chelseapensioner.org.uk/Site/Chelsea_menu.htm The Royal Chelsea Hospital is the home of the Chelsea Pensioner. This website contains information on the history of the Hospital and the In-Pensioners, and details of forthcoming and annual events held at, or in conjunction with the Hospital.
Nineteenth Century British and Indian Armies and Their Soldiers:
http://pobox.upenn.edu/~fbl/index.html website designed to explore the 19th Century British and Indian Armies and their soldiers. The site presents various 19th Century photographs, campaign medals, and the biographical studies of the soldiers represented by these items. Also offers a commercial research service.
The Trafalgar Roll:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Trafalgar/ This GenUKI website lists the names of 1640 officers and men who served in the various ships of the Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. The rank of each man and the name of the ship is included. This site also contains a list of British ships at Trafalgar.
Index to the "Civilian War Dead Roll Of Honour" for Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire. Compiled by Brian Pears. This is an index to the Roll of Honour of civilians killed by enemy action in the UK during World War II - listing of nearly 4000 entries relating to Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire. Visit the website at:
List of Officers who have held commissions in the North York Militia and the 4th Battalion (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own) Yorkshire Regiment, from 1758 to 1907 by Anji Mungham, available on the GenUKI site:
The Naval and Military Magazine - 1827 - List of names:
The Army Officers Listed in the 1840 Naval and Military Almanac:
Part 1: A to H http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Indexes/ARMOF40.A.txt
Part 2: I to Z
Dock Yard Volunteers from the Army List of January 1851:
The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum: Currently under construction, the website address is:
Baptisms to Military Families at St. Leonard, Hythe Kent 1799, 1813 - 1820 and 1823
British WW2 Veterans Reunions and tracing your Military Ancestors Page by Caryl Williams:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Trenches on the Web:
target="_blank">http://www.worldwar1.com/ Website devoted to the First World War - an internet history of The Great War.
World War One Document Archive:
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ The website is an archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L).
Orders, Decorations, and Campaign Medals of the British Army 1815 to 1920:
The Royal Signals Museum:
http://www.royalsignals.army.org.uk/museum/ The Royal Signals Museum is the national museum of army communications. T