War Memorials are a means of honouring people killed or injured in action. The memorial may list the service that the person served in.
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Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | All at Sea Website |
Link: | http://www.allatsea.co.za/ |
Description: | All at Sea Website, Including Cemetery, Graveyards, Memorials and War Memorials |
Classification: | Baptisms, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~melanie/genealogy/ |
Description: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
Extra Info: | More data should be added to the database soon. |
Classification: | Deaths, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-ro... |
Description: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Extra Info: | Searchable database of members of the armed forces that have been killed since WW2. Includes birth date and location. |
Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | BAALHAM Resource Centre |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~baalham/genealogy/ |
Description: | BAALHAM Resource Centre and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Mainly around Suffolk. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | BANDY Family Genealogy |
Link: | https://www.bandye.org/ |
Description: | BANDY Family Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Click on Site Map to see a contents list of the site. |
Classification: | Obituaries, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | British Transport Police Website |
Link: | https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-tr... |
Description: | British Transport Police Website |
Extra Info: | Includes a Roll of Honour. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | British War Memorial Project |
Link: | https://britishwargraves.co.uk/ |
Description: | British War Memorial Project |
Extra Info: | British War Grave Photographs. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | CAVILL Family History |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150103061638/http://w... |
Description: | CAVILL Family History |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be available. May take a few moments to load. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Chingford War Memorial |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20190119210135/http://w... |
Description: | Chingford War Memorial |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however most information is still available to view. This site aims to do more than just list the names of the fallen, it is aiming to show the people behind the names. |
Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Colchester History and Information |
Link: | https://www.camulos.com/ |
Description: | Colchester History and Information |
Extra Info: | You may need to hunt a little for the information. |
Classification: | National, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | DOBBINS Family Tree |
Link: | http://www.dobbins.co.uk/familytree/ |
Description: | DOBBINS Family Tree |
Extra Info: | Click on Documents for an index of names. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | DOIG and Variants One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.doig.net/ |
Description: | DOIG and Variants One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Including Doig, Doige, Doigg, Doeg and Doegg |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150813093905/http://... |
Description: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be accessible. |
Classification: | Marriages, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Essex Family History |
Link: | http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ |
Description: | Essex Family History |
Extra Info: | Includes marriage licences 1507-1610 for East Essex and will extracts. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | FLACK Genealogy and One Name Study |
Link: | https://flack.one-name.net/ |
Description: | FLACK Genealogy and One Name Study |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.foskett-genealogy.co.uk/ |
Description: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Click on records for many FOSKETTs. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Link: | http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/ |
Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Henham Parish Bygones |
Link: | http://www.henhamhistory.org/ |
Description: | Local History of Henham, Little Henham and Pledgdon |
Extra Info: | Recording the village as it was and as it is now. Formerly known as Henham on the Hill, the parish also includes the two hamlets of Little Henham and Pledgdon (or Prison Green). |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | HOLLEBONE Family Website |
Link: | http://www.hollebone-family-worldwide.co.uk/ |
Description: | HOLLEBONE Family Website and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Also Hollebon, Hollibone, Hollibone, Hollobon , Hollobone, Hollybon and Hollybone. |
Classification: | Census, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | JOSLIN Family Research |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305230555/http://j... |
Description: | JOSLIN Family Research |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. FREE exchange of Joslin Family History World-Wide. |
Classification: | Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | LAYZELL, LAZELL, LASCELLES One Name Study |
Link: | https://layzellfh.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Layzell and variants one name study |
Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Classification: | Census, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | PLUCK and PLUCKROSE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.pluckrose.org/ |
Description: | PLUCK and PLUCKROSE One Name Study |
Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.pratley.info/ |
Description: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | STONER Genealogical Databases |
Link: | http://www.stoner.org.uk/ |
Description: | STONER Genealogical Databases |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study |
Link: | https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Strange/idxpepl.... |
Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
Classification: | Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The History of Kelvedon Hatch |
Link: | https://historyhouse.co.uk/kelvedonhatch/index.htm... |
Description: | The History of Kelvedon Hatch |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20121029171436/http://b... |
Description: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The Roll of Honour |
Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
Link: | https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search?utm_source... |
Description: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
Extra Info: | This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | University of Glasgow - Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/index.html |
Description: | University of Glasgow - Roll of Honour |
Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | URIDGE / EURIDGE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.uridge.org/ |
Description: | URIDGE / EURIDGE One Name Study |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.wanlessweb.org/TNG/index.php |
Description: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study of the surnames surnames Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wandlass, Wanliss, and Wanlace |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | War Memorials Online |
Link: | https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ |
Description: | War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials |
Extra Info: | War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | WESTAWAY One Name Study |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210903002103/http://... |
Description: | WESTAWAY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials |
Link: | https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ |
Description: | World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials |
Extra Info: | Also includes some World War 2 cemeteries and memorials. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
Link: | https://www.combinedops.com/ |
Description: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
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