Useful links to help with research
General purpose links:
Newspaper articles, census, BMD, Devon and some other parish records, electoral rolls, census, 1939 register, and military information can be found on:
findmypast.co.uk
Census, BMD, some non-Devon parish records, and more military records can be found on:
ancestry.co.uk
More family history and other military info can be found on:
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
Newspapers can also be found on:
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Newspaper articles, census, BMD, Devon and some other parish records, electoral rolls, census, 1939 register, and military information can be found on:
findmypast.co.uk
Census, BMD, some non-Devon parish records, and more military records can be found on:
ancestry.co.uk
More family history and other military info can be found on:
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
Newspapers can also be found on:
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Information about the First World War:
The Commonwealth Graves Commision website
http://www.cwgc.org
gives basic details of casualties, next of kin where known (in the directory items) and a picture of the relevant cemetery or memorial
The Long Long Trail website provides information about the units and battles in the First World War:
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk
The London Gazette publishes all military promotions and awards. Its archive is online and can be searched at:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk
Information about participants in WW1 is being collected by the Imperial War Museum under
Lives of the First World War
Many photographs from the First World War are available on the Imperial War Museum's website:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/first-world-war-galleries
Information about the Red Cross during WW1 such as their work, volunteers, auxiliary hospitals, equipment and so on, can be found at:
http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War
We are participating in the county-wide Devon Remembers project:
http://www.devonremembers.info
The Commonwealth Graves Commision website
http://www.cwgc.org
gives basic details of casualties, next of kin where known (in the directory items) and a picture of the relevant cemetery or memorial
The Long Long Trail website provides information about the units and battles in the First World War:
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk
The London Gazette publishes all military promotions and awards. Its archive is online and can be searched at:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk
Information about participants in WW1 is being collected by the Imperial War Museum under
Lives of the First World War
Many photographs from the First World War are available on the Imperial War Museum's website:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/first-world-war-galleries
Information about the Red Cross during WW1 such as their work, volunteers, auxiliary hospitals, equipment and so on, can be found at:
http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War
We are participating in the county-wide Devon Remembers project:
http://www.devonremembers.info