This week, FMP’s military collections and newspaper archives are boosted with 2,858 new service records and over 200,000 fresh newspaper pages.
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British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704–1939
Years covered: 1842
Records added: 1,385 -
British Army Service Records, South Wales Borderers
Years covered: 1891, 1914, 1915
Records added: 1,473 - Newspapers
FMP gets its newspapers from the sister site, the British Newspaper Archive. Here are the BNA additions in November. The earliest starts in 1751; most are from the second half of the 19th century.
| Newspaper Title | Location | Number of Issues | Years Covered |
| Irish Independent | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 20,915 |
1891–1920, 1922–1925, 1927–1938, 1940–1959, 1974, 1986–2009
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| Islington Gazette | London, England | 11,786 | 1856–1918 |
| Peterborough Evening Telegraph | Peterborough, England | 10,927 |
1949–1970, 1986–1987, 1989, 1991–1997, 1999–2004
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| Bradford Daily Argus | Bradford, England | 7,720 |
1893–1895, 1898–1910, 1912–1915, 1917, 1920–1923
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| Waterford Standard | Waterford, Republic of Ireland | 6,651 |
1863, 1866–1872, 1874–1880, 1882–1886, 1888–1897, 1899, 1901–1920, 1926–1953
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| Salisbury and Winchester Journal | Salisbury, England | 6,622 |
1751–1752, 1762–1763, 1765–1769, 1772–1773, 1775–1778, 1780–1782, 1784, 1786–1789, 1799, 1801–1805, 1807–1812, 1814–1815, 1817–1918
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| Banffshire Journal | Banff, Scotland | 5,961 |
1845–1911, 1914–1920, 1948–1989
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| Evening News (Waterford) | Waterford, Republic of Ireland | 5,415 | 1899–1920 |
| Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 5,094 |
1822–1877, 1890, 1897–1902, 1909–1924, 1926–1929, 1931–1938
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| Winsford & Middlewich Guardian | Winsford, England | 3,995 |
1875–1911, 1916–1918
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| Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper | London, England | 3,831 |
1842–1912, 1914–1917
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| Pawnbrokers’ Gazette | London, England | 3,724 |
1838, 1840–1849, 1860–1894, 1900–1902, 1904–1909, 1914–1931
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| Norfolk News | Norwich, England | 3,695 |
1845–1897, 1899–1911, 1914–1918
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| West Cumberland Times | Cockermouth, England | 3,683 |
1874–1875, 1877–1891, 1893–1897, 1899–1915, 1917
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| Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette | Portsmouth, England | 3,510 |
1850–1896, 1914–1920
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| Bedford Record | Bedford, England | 3,459 |
1877, 1879, 1889, 1897–1911, 1913–1920, 1924–1965
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| Roscommon Herald | Boyle, Republic of Ireland | 3,368 |
1859–1884, 1886–1906, 1908–1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1944, 1953
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| Southern Times and Dorset County Herald | Weymouth, England | 3,193 |
1852–1866, 1870–1886, 1889–1896, 1898–1910, 1912–1920
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| Aldershot Military Gazette | Aldershot, England | 3,060 |
1859–1870, 1872–1920
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| Cambrian News | Aberystwyth, Wales | 2,556 |
1863–1868, 1874–1896, 1898–1910, 1912–1918
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| Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter | Glossop, England | 2,502 |
1859–1861, 1869–1896, 1898–1911, 1913–1918
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| Cumberland & Westmorland Herald | Penrith, England | 2,496 |
1869–1895, 1897–1918
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| Buckingham Express | Buckingham, England | 2,453 |
1865–1895, 1898–1912, 1914–1915
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| North Devon Gazette | Bideford, England | 2,444 |
1856–1870, 1884–1909, 1912, 1914–1918
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| Exmouth Journal | Exmouth, England | 2,428 |
1869–1913, 1916–1918
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| Hampstead & Highgate Express | London, England | 2,275 |
1872–1911, 1914–1918
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| Cannock Advertiser | Cannock, England | 2,222 |
1878–1893, 1897, 1900–1909, 1914–1924, 1951–1955
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| Willesden Chronicle | London, England | 2,128 |
1877–1913, 1915–1918
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| Walthamstow and Leyton Guardian | London, England | 2,120 | 1876–1916 |
| Aberystwyth Observer | Aberystwyth, Wales | 2,112 |
1869–1885, 1887–1896, 1898–1910, 1914–1915
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| Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser | Wolverhampton, England | 2,030 |
1830–1866, 1868, 1914
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| Drogheda Advertiser | Drogheda, Republic of Ireland | 1,888 |
1897–1926, 1928
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| Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald | London, England | 1,873 |
1869, 1874, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1891, 1899–1918
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| Dromore Weekly Times and West Down Herald | Dromore, Northern Ireland | 1,873 |
1905–1929, 1931, 1940–1949, 1952
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| Kings County Chronicle | Offaly, Republic of Ireland | 1,850 |
1845–1874, 1914–1920
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| Cornish & Devon Post | Launceston, England | 1,821 |
1877–1896, 1900–1911, 1914, 1916–1918
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| Isle of Wight County Press | Newport, England | 1,739 |
1884–1911, 1913–1918
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| Orcadian | Kirkwall, Scotland | 1,674 |
1854–1869, 1901–1918
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| Leominster News and North West Herefordshire & Radnorshire Advertiser | Leominster, England | 1,650 |
1884–1910, 1914–1918
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| Empire News & The Umpire | Manchester, England | 1,649 |
1884–1895, 1897–1911, 1914–1918
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| Newtownards Chronicle & Co. Down Observer | Newtownards, Northern Ireland | 1,633 |
1873–1879, 1881–1900, 1914–1918
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| Blaydon Courier | Blaydon, England | 1,606 |
1905–1909, 1914–1929, 1940–1949
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| Warminster & Westbury Journal | Warminster, England | 1,547 |
1881–1895, 1897, 1899–1908, 1914–1918
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| Pontypool Free Press | Pontypool, Wales | 1,535 |
1859–1896, 1898–1903, 1905–1909, 1914–1918
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| Boxing World and Mirror of Life | London, England | 1,510 |
1894–1905, 1907–1924
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| Pearson’s Weekly | London, England | 1,474 | 1890–1918 |
| Tyrone Courier | Dungannon, Northern Ireland | 1,453 |
1880, 1885, 1888–1889, 1891–1909, 1914–1918
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| Bo’ness Journal and Linlithgow Advertiser | Falkirk, Scotland | 1,452 |
1884–1891, 1914–1920, 1940–1952
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| Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors | Harrogate, England | 1,384 |
1854, 1860, 1865–1866, 1872, 1877, 1880, 1889, 1918–1920, 1988–2004
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| Irish Homestead | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 1,353 | 1896–1922 |
| Bournemouth Times and Directory | Bournemouth, England | 1,319 |
1889, 1919–1920, 1930–1950
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| Cork Weekly Examiner | Cork, Republic of Ireland | 1,284 | 1896–1920 |
| St. Marylebone and Paddington Record | London, England | 1,259 |
1914–1925, 1927–1929, 1940–1949
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| Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal | Basingstoke, England | 1,253 |
1892–1910, 1914–1918
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| Fife News | Cupar, Scotland | 1,147 |
1875–1877, 1879–1890, 1914–1920
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| Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times | Uttoxeter, England | 1,146 |
1896–1911, 1913–1918
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| Finchley Press | London, England | 999 |
1895–1909, 1914–1918
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| Cumberland Evening News | Carlisle, England | 878 | 1914–1918 |
| Dromore Leader | Dromore, Northern Ireland | 878 |
1916–1920, 1978–1984, 1986–1992
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| County Express | Stourbridge, England | 840 |
1885–1891, 1897, 1910–1918
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| Whitehaven Advertiser and Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer | Whitehaven, England | 755 |
1891–1893, 1905–1906, 1909–1915, 1918–1920
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| Rushcliffe Advertiser | Hucknall, England | 718 |
1888–1889, 1896, 1898–1909
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| Loughborough Herald & North Leicestershire Gazette | Loughborough, England | 709 |
1880–1891, 1893, 1916
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| Irish Society (Dublin) | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 686 |
1889–1894, 1917–1924
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| Shamrock | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 672 | 1884–1896 |
| Yarmouth Mercury | Great Yarmouth, England | 653 |
1880, 1884, 1889–1892, 1897, 1899, 1911–1912, 1915, 1917–1918
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| County Courts Chronicle | London, England | 502 |
1847–1870, 1885–1896, 1914–1920
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| Enniscorthy Echo and South Leinster Advertiser | Enniscorthy, Republic of Ireland | 466 |
1905–1906, 1910–1912, 1916–1920
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| East Essex Advertiser and Clacton News | Clacton-on-Sea, England | 460 |
1889, 1900–1905, 1912, 1918
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| Jewish World | London, England | 442 |
1877, 1889, 1898–1899, 1902–1904, 1907, 1917
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| The World | London, England | 427 | 1914–1922 |
| Chatham, Rochester and Brompton Observer | Chatham, England | 366 | 1914–1920 |
| Offaly Independent | Tullamore, Republic of Ireland | 364 |
1910–1911, 1914–1918
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| Boxing | London, England | 327 |
1909–1913, 1917–1918
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| Craven Herald | Skipton, England | 310 |
1876–1877, 1879, 1889, 1897, 1916
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| Brighouse Free Press and District Advertiser | Brighouse, England | 303 |
1914–1918, 1920
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| Connaught Telegraph | Castlebar, Republic of Ireland | 257 | 1914–1918 |
| Haltwhistle Echo | Haltwhistle, England | 254 | 1914–1918 |
| Heckmondwike Herald | Heckmondwike, England | 260 |
1889, 1990–1993
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| Citizen (London) | London, England | 202 | 1914–1917 |
| Horwich Chronicle | Horwich, England | 168 |
1889, 1914–1916
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| Skegness Herald | Skegness, England | 142 | 1914–1916 |
| Western Express | Bideford, England | 111 | 1917–1919 |
| Midland Free Press | Kettering, England | 104 | 1914–1915 |