Sources of information
Free
- Grave/cemetery information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: www.cwgc.org
- Any promotions or awards mentioned in the London Gazette: www.thegazette.co.uk
- Information about units, ships and battles from the Long Long Trail: www.longlongtrail.co.uk
- The Imperial War Museum's site listing all WW1 participants including objectors: livesofthefirstworldwar.org
- The Imperial War Museum's photo collection: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections-research/about/photographs
- BBC history on WW1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww1
- Trade directories, land tax records and photos from the Sampford Peverell Society website: http://www.sampevsoc.co.uk
- Parish registry information (births, marriages, burials) for Sampford Peverell on the Sampford Peverell Society website, as above
- The Children's Society, for information on the St Boniface Home boys: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk
- Births, marriages and deaths on FreeBMD: http://www.freebmd.org.uk
- Tiverton Museum's collection of newspapers, such as the Devon and Somerset News
- List of Conscientious Objectors on Lives of the First World War: https://search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/search/world-records/conscientious-objectors-register-1914-1918
- Information or photos on the internet found via Google
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- Medal cards and service records on Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
- Medal information and other service records on Findmypast: http://www.findmypast.co.uk
- Absent voters electoral lists on findmypast (link as above - look for 'Electoral rolls' under the 'Census, land and surveys' heading)
- Census data (age, family, places of birth and residence) and birth, marriage and death information on either ancestry.co.uk or findmypast.co.uk - links as above
- Emigration/Immigration records on ancestry.co.uk or findmypast.co.uk - links as above
- Newspaper articles from findmypast (link as above) or www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
- Ancestry family trees - link as before - which may include photos
- Unit war diaries from the National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-war-diaries-1914-1922/
- Casualty lists of all killed and wounded on thegenealogist.co.uk
- Some WW1 hospital records from https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk