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: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
| 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: | Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ormandy/misc/ |
| Description: | Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool , Burials and Monumental Inscriptions |
| Classification: | Baptisms, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | ANDERTON's of Lancashire |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~anderton/genealogy/... |
| Description: | ANDERTON's of Lancashire |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Bacup History |
| Link: | http://www.bacuptimes.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Bacup History Including War Memorials and Memories |
| Extra Info: | Includes some of the stories of the fallen. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BANDY Family Genealogy |
| Link: | https://www.bandye.org/ |
| Description: | BANDY Family Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Click on Site Map to see a contents list of the site. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Place Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Briercliffe Society |
| Link: | http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Township of Briercliffe-cum-Entwistle History and Records |
| Extra Info: | Census, church records and images of grave stones for Briercliffe-cum-Extwistle |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Brindle Historical Society |
| Link: | http://www.brindlehistoricalsociety.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Brindle Historical Society |
| Extra Info: | Preserving the history of Brindle. |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Burnley in the Great War |
| Link: | http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ |
| Description: | Burnley in the Great War |
| 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: | Denton Serviceman Database 1914-1918 |
| Link: | http://public.tameside.gov.uk/soldierarch/f1077sta... |
| Description: | Denton Serviceman Database 1914-1918 |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | DOBBINS Family Tree |
| Link: | http://www.dobbins.co.uk/familytree/ |
| Description: | DOBBINS Family Tree |
| Extra Info: | Click on Documents for an index of names. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | DOIG and Variants One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.doig.net/ |
| Description: | DOIG and Variants One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Including Doig, Doige, Doigg, Doeg and Doegg |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150813093905/http://... |
| Description: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be accessible. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.foskett-genealogy.co.uk/ |
| Description: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Click on records for many FOSKETTs. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Halewood Local History Pages |
| Link: | http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/halewood/ |
| Description: | Halewood Local History Pages |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | HOLLEBONE Family Website |
| Link: | http://www.hollebone-family-worldwide.co.uk/ |
| Description: | HOLLEBONE Family Website and One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Also Hollebon, Hollibone, Hollibone, Hollobon , Hollobone, Hollybon and Hollybone. |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Manchester Archives - Photograph Collections |
| Link: | https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu... |
| Description: | Manchester Archives - Photograph Collections |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs of some in memoriam cards, under health and living. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Officers Died Website |
| Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
| Description: | Officers Died Website |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets |
| Link: | http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets, Includes the Surrounding Area |
| Extra Info: | Includes Southport, St Helens and Wigan. |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Parish of St. Martin's, Castleton, Lancashire - War Memorial |
| Link: | https://www.stmartinscastleton.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish of St. Martin's, Castleton, Lancashire - War Memorial |
| Classification: | Census, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | PLUCK and PLUCKROSE One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.pluckrose.org/ |
| Description: | PLUCK and PLUCKROSE One Name Study |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.pratley.info/ |
| Description: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Prescot Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.prescot-rollofhonour.info/ |
| Description: | Prescot Roll of Honour |
| Extra Info: | More details than just names, place born, where enlisted, regiments, census details and more. Also has a section for those who served and returned home. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Providence Chapel and War Memorial, Loveclough, Lancashire |
| Link: | https://providencechapel.info/ |
| Description: | Providence Chapel and War Memorial, Loveclough, Lancashire |
| Extra Info: | Includes the names and details of the fallen heroes. |
| 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: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | St Anne's Great War Memorial, Stanley, Liverpool |
| Link: | http://stannesoldswan.weebly.com/ |
| Description: | St Anne's Great War Memorial, Stanley, Liverpool |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of the men, rather than just their names. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | St Helens Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.sthelensrollsofhonour.co.uk/ |
| Description: | St Helens Roll of Honour |
| Extra Info: | Includes census and family details for many of those who died. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | St Paul's War Memorial, Stoneycroft, Liverpool |
| Link: | http://stpaulswarmemorial.weebly.com/ |
| Description: | St Paul's War Memorial, Stoneycroft, Liverpool |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of the men, rather than just their names. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Stockport Soldiers Who Died 1914-1918 |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20181221021909/http://... |
| Description: | Stockport Soldiers Who Died 1914-1918 |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. The stories of the men from the Stockport area who fought and died in World War 1. |
| 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: | Tameside War Memorials |
| Link: | http://public.tameside.gov.uk/forms/f346warmem754.... |
| Description: | Tameside War Memorials |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Accrington Pals |
| Link: | http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm |
| Description: | The Accrington Pals - A Site Dedicated to their Memory |
| 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: | 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: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | UK Transcriptions Website |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ge... |
| Description: | UK Transcriptions Website Various Counties |
| Extra Info: | Transcriptions for Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Click on Other Counties for Lancashire, Leicestershire, Norfolk and Shetland. |
| 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: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.wanlessweb.org/TNG/index.php |
| Description: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study of the surnames surnames Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wandlass, Wanliss, and Wanlace |
| 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: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | West Derby Cemetery, Liverpool |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~westderbycemetery/g... |
| Description: | West Derby Cemetery, Liverpool |
| Extra Info: | Also Walton cemetery inscriptions. |
| 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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