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Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms which you may come across while researching a soldier who served in the Second World War. This list is by no means complete and also includes abbreviations and acronyms found both before and after the war.
Apr 5, 2015 · 3— Class Z traditionally stood for the Army Reserve: when a soldier was demobilised, he was first transferred to “Class Z” (hence the expression: “Released to Class ‘Z’”). “Class Z” was abolished at the end of WWI (in 1920, according to one source), but re-instated at the end of WWII, in anticipation of war against Communism ...
Nov 11, 2013 · Here’s a list of some of the soldiers’ language that they saw emerging during and immediately after the war. In October 1941, the journal republished part of a “Glossary of Army Slang” that had...
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- British Army Casualty Lists, 1939–1945
- Grenadier Guards Registers and Papers
- Records of Soldiers from French Tchad
- Soldiers’ Effects Ledgers, 1901–1960
- Courts Martial Registers
- Absent Voters Lists, 1918–1925 and 1939
Search the online daily British Army casualty lists (WO 417) on Findmypast.co.uk (charges apply). These cover British Army officers, other ranks and nurses. They state the individuals’ rank, service number, date of becoming a casualty and type of casualty. It sometimes gives the unit/battalion number – you can use this to locate a unit war diary. T...
Search in WO 437by record type and year range for various records of Grenadier Guards, including: 1. discharge registers 2. registers of deserters 3. attestation forms 4. enlistment registers 5. muster rolls and pay lists 6. description books The series covers records from the middle of the 18th century onwards. You can also consult a list of the W...
This collection consists of the service records of individuals of Chadian origin who had originally served as part of the Third Fighting French battalion of de Marche, part of Free French forces in Africa during the Second World War. The individuals included in this collection had deserted the Free French and were eventually integrated as a Pioneer...
Search the soldiers’ effects ledgers (charges apply) covering April 1901 to March 1960 (from The National Army Museum) by name or regiment on Ancestry.co.uk. These list monies owed to a soldier who died in service. You may be able to purchase a transcript from the ledgers which usually show 1. full name 2. regimental number 3. date, and sometimes p...
British Army courts martial registers covering the Second World War are held at The National Archives and contain the name, rank, regiment, place of trial, nature of charge and sentence for each prisoner. There are several series of records containing registers for courts martial held in the United Kingdom and overseas (‘Home’ and ‘Abroad’). Click ...
Search for a soldier by name in the Absent Voters Lists, taken from electoral registers held at the British Library, on Ancestry.co.uk (charges apply) and Findmypast.co.uk (charges apply). The Absent Voter Lists enabled servicemen and women away from home to vote by proxy or by postal application. They record the address, service number and regimen...
Sep 27, 2023 · Under the watchful eyes of Lieutenant Wahab, Sergeant McIntosh and Corporal White, recruits face the reality of what it means to be a frontline soldier at a time when war is raging in Europe for...
Key points. Following the defeat of France, Britain and the empire was left to fight Germany. To successfully invade Britain, Germany needed to control the skies over the English channel. This...
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This is a guide to finding records of soldiers who served with the British Army after the end of the Second World War. The ranks covered include Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal, Sergeant, and...
