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Museum Overview. Inside the Museum, visitors embark on a narrative journey, following exhibits that focus on the people – the Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Guardian, Coastguardsman, and their families – from answering the call to duty, to life after military service.
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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...
On the Web. The National Personnel Records Center might not have any information about the individual due to a fire in 1973 that destroyed many records. If this is the case, you may try contacting the Department of Veteran Affairs. They have addresses and information on veterans who applied for benefits.
The Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy’s Historical Research Services offer a solution to discovering your veteran’s WWII story by locating and translating their Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) from the National Archives in St. Louis.
Aug 25, 2024 · The exhibit is a replica of the World Trade Center Plaza created by Daan Van Der Steijn, a volunteer firefighter in training from The Netherlands. Daan, who comes from a long line of firefighters, honors the endless sacrifices made on September 11th, particularly by our nation’s first responders.
Mar 25, 2024 · An interactive exhibit opening Wednesday at the National WWII Museum uses artificial intelligence to let visitors hold virtual conversations with images of veterans, including a Medal of Honor winner who died in 2022.
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May 26, 2024 · CBS News' David Martin "interviews" World War II veteran Vincent Speranza, who died last year, but whose recollections of the Battle of the Bulge are preserved at the National WWII Museum in...
