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Armistice Day also known as Remembrance Day is on November 11 and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allied Forces and Germany for the cessation of hostilities on the western Front which took place at eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. |
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It was said at the time that World War I was the war to end all wars, sadly every decade of the 20th century has seen conflicts since. |
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Familyrelatives.com has over 20,000,000 Military records online and growing, which makes it one of the largest online resources available.This year at Familyrelatives we will remember on the 11 of 11, 2011 at 11 those who perished.
The range and quality of information on those who perished is poignant - from the men who lost their lives in ships across the oceans to the soldiers who died in Flanders’ fields in the Great War and in Europe, Africa and the Far east in World War II. The Royal Air Force too suffered many losses in fact more than 61,000. Records now include Rolls of Honour, Army, Royal Air Force and Navy Lists as well as the official General Register Office Overseas indexes. |
You can find out more about your ancestors through Familyrelatives.com search facility which allows you to search for your past but also allows you to view those friends that fell with them or went down in the same ship. Some of the famous names of the Ships which were lost can easily be identified among the thousands listed. This search facility is available for
World War I 1914-1918 British Army Deaths, database covers 1913-1921 includes Royal Air Force Deaths and Royal Flying Corps (RFC). |
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| As part of the collection we include 9 million soldiers who enlisted in the US Army with records of US Prisoners of war as well as sources from other countries including the Indian Army, Australian and New Zealand Army (ANZAC). |
We released a few statistics which were garnered from the website in a quick search of the British Army Lists shows that between 1939 and 1945 the Army Officer Corps alone suffered the loss of:-
9 Major Generals
31 Colonels;
365 Majors
764 Captains
1630 Lieutenants
Similar to the British Army and the Royal Navy Records you will also learn that the Royal Air Force lost:-
6 AIR VICE-MARSHALS
5 AIR COMMODORES
55 GROUP CAPTAINS
362 WING COMMANDERS
956 SQUADRON LEADERS |
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Army List 1798
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Army List 1819
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Army List 1827
Army List 1831
Army List 1836
Army List 1840
Army List 1842
Army List 1846
Army Lists
Britain's Roll of Glory
British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849
Charterhouse Register 1872-1910
Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815
Corps of Royal Marines 1826
Harts Army List & Militia List 1858
Harts Army List & Militia List 1865
Harts Army List & Militia List 1868
Harts Army List & Militia List 1868 Version 2
Harts Army List & Militia List 1857
Harts Army List 1850
Harts Army List, Militia List & Indian Civil Service List 1879
Harts Army List, Militia List, Yeomanry Cavalry List & Indian Civil Service List 1888
Indian Army & Civil Service List 1865
Officers of the Army and Marines 1816
Official Army List 1888
Official Army List Dec 1880
Peninsula Medal Roll 1793-1814
Rifle Brigade Chronicles 1898
Royal Naval College Dartmouth May 1930
Royal Navy Dartmouth September 1933
The British People at War
The History of the London Rifle Brigade 1859-1919
Waterloo Roll Call
Whitaker's Naval and Military Directory 1898
Navy Records
Navy List 1847 December - 1848 March
Navy List 1848 December - 1849 March
Navy List 1882 June & December
Navy List 1913 January
Navy List 1915 January
Navy List 1918 January
Navy List 1925 January
Navy List 1929 October
Navy List 1934 January
Navy List 1938 May
Navy List 1938 August
Navy List 1939 February
Navy List 1939 August
Navy List 1940 May
Navy List 1940 August
Navy List 1941 June
Navy List 1943 December
Navy List 1943 July
Navy List 1945 July Volume II
Navy List 1945 June Volume III
The Navy List of Retired Officers July 1947
The Navy List Vol.1-3 Jan 1952
USA Military Records
Army Register
Army Register 1867
Army Register 1868
Army Register 1869-Sept
Army Register 1870
Army Register 1871
Army Register 1872
Army Register 1873
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Army Register 1884
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Army Register 1889
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The Final Disposition
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The Final Disposition, Vol. II
The Final Disposition, Vol. III
The Final Disposition, Vol. IV
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. I
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. II
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. III
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. IV
Korean War Prisoner Of War 1950-1954 Free index
Korean War Casualties 1950-1957 Free index
Official Army Registers - Volunteer Force of the United States Army 1861 - 1865
Pension List of 1820
The Pension Roll of 1835
The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. I
The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. II
The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III
The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. IV
US Military Academy at West Point
Roll of Honor
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World War-II Enlistment 1938-1946 Free index
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