Useful Links

Armed Forces Sites

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    Web Link Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    This site will help you trace the deaths and graves of relatives who died in the First or Second World Wars. It includes both service personnel and civilians.
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    Web Link Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
    The Wardrobe is the web site for the above Regiment, which recruited heavily from the Bristol area and the West Country generally. The regiment's war diaries are on line, together with a number of photographs.
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    Web Link The Long Long Trail
    All about the British Army in the First World War: aimed at the family and military researcher, it is a tribute to the men and women who fought and won - and to the million who died trying. Loads of information including details of regiments, 'theatres of war' and statistics.
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    Web Link The Solders of Gloucestershire
    This is the website of the Soldiers of Gloucestershire museum which is housed in the customs house in Gloucester Docks. The museum is about the history of The Gloucestershire Regiment (The Glorious Glosters), their antecedents The 28th & 61st Regiments of Foot & The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. (there is an admission charge - see website)
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    Web Link The War Graves Photographic Project

    The original aim of The War Graves Photographic Project was to photograph every war grave, individual memorial, Ministry of Defence grave, and family memorial of serving military personnel from WWI to the present day. However, due to its popularity they have extended their remit to cover all nationalities and military conflicts and make these available within a searchable database.

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    Web Link Aircrew Remembrance Society

    The aim of this website is to perpetuate the memory of airmen from all nations, who fought and those who were killed during the 1939 – 45 air war over the United Kingdom and Europe. The website has photographs and personal accounts from survivors and documentation about those who died. The society will help relatives to identify crash site locations and the cemetery where casualties were laid to rest.