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Military and maritime records at The National Archives are records once held by central government departments, especially the departments responsible for the British Army, the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force. Among them are records of service for individuals, operational plans and reports, administrative records of ...
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Search Discovery, our catalogue, to find records from over 2,500 archives across the UK, as well as from The National Archives itself. Your search results will include details of which archives currently hold the records. Click on the title of a result for the contact details of the archive which holds the record – you will need to contact this arc...
Many archives regularly take in new records to add to their collections – this process is known as accessioning. Every year, The National Archives collects information about new accessions from 250 archives across Britain and Ireland. This is known as the annual Accessions to Repositories’ survey. This information is added to Discovery, our catalog...
Below are details of repositories and institutions that hold major collections of records relating to maritime history. British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa CollectionsThe extensive records of the India Office Marine Department include material relating to the East India Company’s maritime service, the Bombay Marine, the Indian Navy and the Be...
Archives Hub– The Archives Hub provides descriptions of collections held at archives in UK universities and colleges. At present the descriptions are primarily of the broad themes and subject matters of the collections, although where possible they are linked to more detailed descriptions of the records that make up each collection. Archives in Lon...
Rita V Bryon and Terence N Bryon, Maritime Information: A guide to libraries and sources of information in the United Kingdom (3rd ed, 1993) Edward Carson, ‘Customs Bills of Entry’, in Maritime History vol 1, number 2 (1971) Edward Carson, ‘Customs records as a source for historical research’, in Archives vol XII, no 57 (1977) HAL Cockerell and Edw...
The National Maritime Museum – read the museum’s Merchant Navy research guide for advice on how to search for records there. Their 10% of the surviving records are, in general, for years ending with five (1865, 1875, and so on), though they do hold records for some other years too.
The guide includes public records deposited outside The National Archives in the National Maritime Museum and the Post Office Archives. It also refers to some documents which have strayed from official custody and are now in the British Library, Cambridge University Library or the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and which are known to fill gaps in the records.
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Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies concerning all aspects of the organisation and operation of the Royal Navy and associated naval forces. Note: Some individual series are not held by The National Archives but are with other places of deposit; please see series level for details.
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Description: Armed forces service records containing records of individuals' service in the British armed forces. Pre First World War and general: Annotated copies of published Army Lists recording officers' services from 1754-1900, WO 65 - WO 66. Manuscript army lists, 1702-1823, WO 64. Records and returns of officers' services, WO 67 and WO 76.