We are compiling a useful list of website resources for people looking to learn more about the war.

1. The Commonwealth War Graves – https://www.cwgc.org/
2. The Last Post TV Series – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097tsyf
3. The Lives of the First World War – https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/
4. A Guide to the Western Front – http://www.greatwar.co.uk/
5. The National Archives of Australia – http://www.naa.gov.au/
6. UK War Memorials – http://www.ukwarmemorials.org/
7. Royal Navy Lives at Sea – http://www.royalnavyrecordsww1.rmg.co.uk/

The National Archives website offer some fantastic Digital Resources, we have added some below for our readers to utilise.

We hold a vast collection of documents, letters, diaries, maps and photographs from the First World War, many of which have been digitised and can be searched and downloaded online.

Army

• Prisoner of war interview reports 1914-1918
• British Army medal index cards 1914-1920
• Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps service records 1917-1920
• British Army nurses’ service records 1914-1918
• British Army war diaries 1914-1922
• Victoria Cross registers 1856-1944
• Soldiers’ service records
• Soldiers’ pension records
• Household Cavalry soldiers’ service records 1799-1920

Air Force

• Royal Air Force officers’ service records 1918-1919
• Women’s Royal Air Force service records 1918-1920

Navy

• Royal Navy ratings’ service records 1853-1923
• Royal Navy officers’ service records 1756-1931
• Royal Naval Air Service officers’ service records 1906-1918
• Women’s Royal Naval service records 1917-1919
• Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922
• Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1919
• Royal Navy officers’ service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920
• Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955

Marines

• Royal Marines’ service records 1842-1925

Merchant Navy

• Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1914-1918

Other useful resources

• Cabinet Papers
• 1911 census
• Gazettes
• Security Service: Personal Files