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: | Addingham Village Information |
Link: | https://addingham.info/ |
Description: | Addingham Village Information |
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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Barnsley War Memorials Project |
Link: | http://www.barnsleywarmemorials.org.uk/ |
Description: | Barnsley War Memorials Project |
Extra Info: | To record for posterity the names of all the Barnsley fallen from the Boer War and the First World War to the present day. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Bolsterstone Genealogy Project. |
Link: | http://www.bolsterstone.de/BGP.htm |
Description: | Bolsterstone, Deepcar and Stocksbridge Areas |
Extra Info: | Genealogy information from the general areas of Bolsterstone, Deepcar and Stocksbridge. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Bridlington Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140608094131/http://... |
Description: | Bridlington Roll of Honour |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information is still available to view. More information than just names and regiment. |
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, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Brotherton Village Family Trees |
Link: | http://www.brotherton.org.uk/ |
Description: | Brotherton Village Family Trees |
Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Calverley Information and Historical Data |
Link: | http://www.calverley.info |
Description: | Calverley, Farnley and Hampsthwaite Village Records |
Extra Info: | Includes church records and nonconformist records. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Cleveland Family History Society |
Link: | https://clevelandfhs.org.uk |
Description: | Cleveland Family History Society |
Extra Info: | Includes online marriage records for Leeds and Whitby and non conformist baptisms. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | COLLETT Family History |
Link: | http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/ |
Description: | COLLETT Family History |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Collingham and Linton in the Great War |
Link: | http://www.collinghamanddistrictwararchive.info/ |
Description: | War Memorials for the villages of Collingham, Linton and Micklethwaite in West Yorkshire |
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: | Craven's Part in the Great War |
Link: | https://cpgw.org.uk/ |
Description: | Craven's Part in the Great War - Dedicated To Those Who Fell in the Great War |
Extra Info: | A website dedicated to the memories of the men and women from the Craven district who gave their lives for king and country in the First World War, 1914 -1919. |
Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | CUFFLIN and GRAY One Name Study |
Link: | http://cufflin.homestead.com/cufflin.html |
Description: | CUFFLIN and GRAY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Also includes Cufflings. Mainly Leicestershire records. |
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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Grewelthorpe Village Website |
Link: | https://www.grewelthorpe.org.uk/ |
Description: | Grewelthorpe Village Website |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Haworth Village Website |
Link: | http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/ |
Description: | Haworth Village Website, including Stanbury |
Extra Info: | Look under local history. |
Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Census, One Place Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Hebden, North Yorkshire Historical Data |
Link: | https://hebdenhistory.uk/index.shtml |
Description: | Census, Cemetery data and more from Hebden |
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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Kirkby Malhamdale Local and Family History Pages |
Link: | http://www.kirkbymalham.info/ |
Description: | Kirkby Malhamdale Local and Family History Pages |
Extra Info: | The website provides an extensive range of information for both local and family historians. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Leven Village Website |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20210904005912/https://... |
Description: | Leven Village Website |
Extra Info: | Part of the school website that is no longer available, but has been archived. Scroll down for details of the Leven war memorial in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Normanby in Ryedale Village Records |
Link: | https://www.normanby.info/ |
Description: | Normanby in Ryedale Village Records |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Northallerton Memorials Website |
Link: | http://www.northallertonmemorials.org.uk/ |
Description: | Northallerton Memorials Website |
Extra Info: | Many biographies of the men who are named on the memorials. |
Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | ORMEROD Family Website |
Link: | http://www.ormerod.uk.net/index.htm |
Description: | ORMEROD Family Website |
Extra Info: | OMEROD and variants such as ORMEROID. |
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: | 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: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | SORBY Genealogy |
Link: | https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/o/r/Timothy-M-Sorb... |
Description: | SORBY Genealogy |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | South Bradford Local History Alliance |
Link: | http://www.sblha.com/ |
Description: | South Bradford Local History Alliance |
Extra Info: | Covers Low Moor, Wyke, Oakenshaw, Wibsey, Shelf, Bierley, Buttershaw and area. Includes war memorials of the area. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Stannington Roll of Honour |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110818024216/http://w... |
Description: | Stannington Roll of Honour |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site, maybe slow to load. Also includes details of the men behind the names. Also has memorials for Bradfield, Loxley, Oughtibridge & Worrall, those who were employed at Vickers, and some Sheffield memorials. |
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, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Treeton Village Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150926035324/http://... |
Description: | Treeton Village Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information still seems to be available. May be slow to load. Also includes a surname index and details of families from the area. |
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: | 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: | 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: | Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | WESTMORELAND / WESTMORLAND Worldwide Study |
Link: | http://westmoreland-1.one-name.net/ |
Description: | WESTMORELAND / WESTMORLAND Worldwide Study |
Classification: | Census, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Wickersley Past and Present |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140215062514/http://... |
Description: | Wickersley Past and Present |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. May take a while to load. Also has a surname index of families from the area. |
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 |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance Website |
Link: | http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/ |
Description: | Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance Website |
Extra Info: | Also includes the Beck Isle Museum (Pickering) database of men from North Yorkshire who fought and died in the First World War. |
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