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Sunday, November 19, 2017

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 17TH NOVEMBER 2017

There are over 400 thousand new records, mostly from the British military, in the Findmypast
Friday releases for 17November:



 BRAND NEW RECORDS:


British Army, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records

OVER 212,000 RECORDS  Search for your military ancestor in The National Archives’ collection of medical records from the First World War. Discover when and where your ancestor was wounded and the nature of their injuries as well as how long they were held at the medical facility for treatment.
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British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records Browse

OVER 8,000 RECORDS Browse the National Archives’ series MH106, War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen.
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British Armed Forces, First World War Widows' Pension Forms

OVER 8,000 RECORDS Search through The National Archives’ collection of pension forms from the First World War to learn more about those they left behind. Discover the cause and date of their death, the names of their spouse and children, and uncover details of their service history.
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British Army, Royal Welch Fusiliers 1807-1948

OVER 2,000 RECORDS Did your ancestor serve with the Royal Welch Fusiliers? Explore this collection of enlistment, transfer, and discharge registers as well as casualty reports from 1830 to 1946 to uncover a detailed history of their military service.
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Hampshire, Portsmouth Military Tribunals 1916-1919

OVER  14,000 RECORDS Did your Portsmouth ancestor seek exemption from military service by applying to a tribunal and claiming illness, potential business damage, conscientious objection, or family hardship? Uncover details such as addresses, occupations and employers’ details, and decisions or recommendations of the tribunals.
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Military Historical Society Bulletins

OVER  6,000 RECORDS Search through the pages of The Bulletin of The Military Historical Society for the history of the armed forces, weapons, uniforms, and more. These bulletins are an excellent resource for military historians. Issues from 1950 through to 2017 are available.
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Middlesex, Harrow School Photographs of Pupils & Masters 1869-1925

OVER 3,000 RECORDS Did your ancestor attend Harrow School between 1869 and 1925? Discover beautifully captured school portraits of Old Harrovians. Each result will provide a portrait or group photograph along with a transcript of details related to the student.
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British Army, First World War Casualty Lists

OVER 2,000 RECORDS Was your ancestor taken prisoner, killed or wounded in the Great War? Search the War Office Weekly Casualty List to discover where and when they became a casualty as well as their rank, regiment and service number.
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British Army, First World War Casualty Lists Image Browse

OVER 2,000 RECORDS Browse through 59 issues of the War Office Weekly Casualty List, a weekly publication that listed the names of those who were reported as missing, taken prisoner of war, wounded, or killed in action.
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ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR EXISTING  SETS

British Army Service Records

New records: 47,000
Total records: 8,069,166
Covering: Officers and other ranks between 1760 and 1939
Discover: All sorts of Army forms including attestation papers, medical forms, discharge documents, pension claims, and proceedings of regimental boards
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Prisoners of War 1715-1945

New records: 47,000
Total records: 2,706,684
Covering: Non-British soldiers, civilians, diplomats, missionaries and merchant seamen
Discover: Where they were captured, when they were captured and details of their internment
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Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Browse

New records: 7,499
Total records: 1,221 volumes
Covering: These records from The National Archives include papers from the Foreign Office, War Office, State papers, Colonial Office, Admiralty and Air Force
Discover: Where your ancestors were captured, when they were captured and details of their internment
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