War Memorials are a means of honouring people killed or injured in action. The memorial may list the service that the person served in.
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Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | All at Sea Website |
Link: | http://www.allatsea.co.za/ |
Description: | All at Sea Website, Including Cemetery, Graveyards, Memorials and War Memorials |
Classification: | Deaths, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-ro... |
Description: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Extra Info: | Searchable database of members of the armed forces that have been killed since WW2. Includes birth date and location. |
Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | BAALHAM Resource Centre |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~baalham/genealogy/ |
Description: | BAALHAM Resource Centre and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Mainly around Suffolk. |
Classification: | Obituaries, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | British Transport Police Website |
Link: | https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-tr... |
Description: | British Transport Police Website |
Extra Info: | Includes a Roll of Honour. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | British War Memorial Project |
Link: | https://britishwargraves.co.uk/ |
Description: | British War Memorial Project |
Extra Info: | British War Grave Photographs. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | COLLETT Family History |
Link: | http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/ |
Description: | COLLETT Family History |
Classification: | National, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Cornish War Memorials |
Link: | https://penwith1.tripod.com/ |
Description: | Cornish War Memorials - Areas of Penwith and Kerrier |
Extra Info: | Many transcribed war memorials. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Link: | http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/ |
Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Classification: | Census, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | JOSLIN Family Research |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305230555/http://j... |
Description: | JOSLIN Family Research |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. FREE exchange of Joslin Family History World-Wide. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Lelant Online Resources |
Link: | http://lelant.info/ |
Description: | Lelant Online Resources |
Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | ORMEROD Family Website |
Link: | http://www.ormerod.uk.net/index.htm |
Description: | ORMEROD Family Website |
Extra Info: | OMEROD and variants such as ORMEROID. |
Classification: | Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Parish Records of Sancreed |
Link: | https://sancreed.tripod.com/ |
Description: | Parish Records of Sancreed and Other Information |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Parishes of Mevagissey, St Goran, Caerhays and St Ewe |
Link: | http://gorran-haven.org |
Description: | Family History of Mevagissey, St Goran, Caerhays and St Ewe Parishes |
Extra Info: | May not work correctly in all browsers. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://sennencornwall.tripod.com/contents.htm |
Description: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
Extra Info: | The site aims to provide information, from an historical viewpoint, on Sennen, Cornwall, the most westerly parish in the United Kingdom. |
Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | St Keverne Local History Site |
Link: | http://www.st-keverne.com/History/ |
Description: | St Keverne Local History Site |
Extra Info: | A wealth of parish information and history. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | STONER Genealogical Databases |
Link: | http://www.stoner.org.uk/ |
Description: | STONER Genealogical Databases |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study |
Link: | https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Strange/idxpepl.... |
Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20121029171436/http://b... |
Description: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The Roll of Honour |
Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Tywardreath - A Cornish Village |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170313053123/http://... |
Description: | Tywardreath - A Cornish Village |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site. Most information is still available to view. Click village for details of the war memorial. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
Link: | https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search?utm_source... |
Description: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
Extra Info: | This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | University of Glasgow - Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/index.html |
Description: | University of Glasgow - Roll of Honour |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | War Memorials Online |
Link: | https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ |
Description: | War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials |
Extra Info: | War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | WESTAWAY One Name Study |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210903002103/http://... |
Description: | WESTAWAY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials |
Link: | https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ |
Description: | World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials |
Extra Info: | Also includes some World War 2 cemeteries and memorials. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
Link: | https://www.combinedops.com/ |
Description: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
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