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British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records
20,460 images and transcriptions were added. The whole collection has 1,378,307 results.

This collection comprises The National Archives’ series, MH106, War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen. Only a sample of the medical records was retained. Each result has an image and a transcript of the vital details. The transcript may include a combination of the following facts:

Name
Birth year
Service number
Rank
Corps
Admission date
Transfer date
Death year
Hospital
Country
Register type
Description
Series description
Record year range
Archive
Images

The images may provide additional details such as:

Number of years in service
Description of disease or wound
Religion
Other notes or observations

A search for Canad* returned 59,729, although not all were with the Canadian Forces. Some gave no name, but around 40 did include a service number.

Prisoners of War, 1715-1945
20,000 Second World War additions to search. 3,790,672 items are in the complete Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 collection.  Many entries, from various sources, only include surnames along with Residence, Year,  Service number, Birth place, Nationality, Rank, Rank as transcribed, Regiment as transcribed, Ship name, Prison camp or ship, Conflict, Archive reference, Document details,

A search for Canad* returns 64,550 items.

British Women’s Royal Naval Service Ratings’ Service Registers, 1918-1919
You can now discover additional age, next of kin, and image details for 6,894 previously available records. Each record includes a transcript from original material held at The National Archives in London in Series ADM 336. The amount of information varies; you should find: Name, Enrolment date, Service number, Rank or roll.

 

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