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: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
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| Description: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
| 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: | 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: | Burials / Cremations, Census, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Burton Latimer Village Website |
| Link: | https://www.burtonlatimer.info/ |
| Description: | Burton Latimer Village Website |
| Classification: | National, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
| Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Cottingham Village History |
| Link: | http://www.cottinghamhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Cottingham Village History |
| 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: | Census, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Helmdon Village Web site |
| Link: | http://www.helmdonhistory.com/index.htm |
| Description: | Helmdon Village Web site |
| Extra Info: | Many interesting resources for the village. |
| 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Milton Keynes Heritage Association |
| Link: | https://www.mkheritage.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Records from Milton Keynes and the Surrounding Areas |
| Extra Info: | Click on Topics, then Genealogy, then scroll down for online information, listed by place. Covers Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Deaths, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Northamptonshire Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200127191346/http://... |
| Description: | Indexes for the county of Northants |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Links to purchase indexes do not work, however the online indexes still seem to be available to view. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Officers Died Website |
| Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
| Description: | Officers Died Website |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Peterborough War Memorial Website |
| Link: | http://www.warmemorial.firstworldwarrelics.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Peterborough War Memorial Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes Eye village memorial. |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Raunds War Memorial |
| Link: | http://www.raundswarmemorials.org/ |
| Description: | Raunds War Memorial |
| Extra Info: | As well as the names on the memorial there is a mini biography for each person named. |
| Classification: | One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | SABEY SABY SABIE One-Name Study |
| Link: | https://sabey.one-name.net/ |
| Description: | For those who have held the unusual surname Sabey and its variants. |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Stanwick War Memorial |
| Link: | http://stanwickwarmemorial.co.uk./ |
| Description: | Stanwick War Memorial |
| Extra Info: | As well as the names on the memorial there is a mini biography for each person named. |
| 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: | 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Towcester and District Local History Society |
| Link: | http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/tdlhs/ |
| Description: | Towcester and District Local History Society |
| Extra Info: | Look under Family History. |
| 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: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | UK Transcriptions Website |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ge... |
| Description: | UK Transcriptions Website Various Counties |
| Extra Info: | Transcriptions for Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Click on Other Counties for Lancashire, Leicestershire, Norfolk and Shetland. |
| 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Wakefield Family History Sharing Website |
| Link: | http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/index.shtml |
| Description: | Wakefield Family History Sharing Website |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for census transcriptions, and other indexes. |
| 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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