The table below includes the databases from Ancestry, FamilySearch (FS), Findmypast (FMP) and The (UK) National Archives (TNA). They're ordered by the year of the first date available. Some are at more than one site although the title may be different.
| Database | Company | Service |
|---|---|---|
| British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records Browse, 1704-1919 | FMP | Navy |
| British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919 | FMP | Navy |
| British Army, List Of Half-Pay Officers 1714 | FMP | Army |
| UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925 | Ancestry | Army |
| British Army, Royal Artillery Officers 1716-1899 | FMP | Army |
| British Royal Navy, Ships' Musters | FMP | Navy |
| British India Office Army & Navy Pensions | FMP | Army & Navy |
| Royal Navy officers' service records 1756-1931 | TNA | Navy |
| Web: UK, Royal Naval Officers' Service Records Index, 1756-1931 | Ancestry | Navy |
| UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920 | Ancestry | Army |
| UK, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913 | FS | Army |
| UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 | FS | Army |
| Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 | FS | Army |
| Cornwall, England, Militia and Sea Fencibles Index, 1780 - 1831 | Ancestry | All |
| British Army Pensioners - Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822 | FMP | Army |
| Army List 1787 | FMP | Army |
| British Mariners, Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 | FMP | Marines |
| British Royal Navy Allotment Declarations 1795-1852 | FMP | Navy |
| Army List 1798 | FMP | Army |
| Household Cavalry soldiers' service records 1799-1920 | TNA | Army |
| British Army Officer Promotions 1800-1815 | FMP | Army |
| UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 | Ancestry | Army |
| British Army Schoolchildren and Schoolmasters 1803-1932 | FMP | Army |
| London, Watermen In Royal Navy, 1803-1809 | FMP | Navy |
| UK, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915 | FS | Army |
| UK, Naval and Military Courts Martial Registers, 1806-1930 | Ancestry | Navy |
| British Army Muster Rolls, 84th Foot 1808-1818 | FMP | Army |
| Peninsular War, British Army Officers, 1808-1814 | FMP | Army |
| UK, Military Deserters, 1812-1927 | Ancestry | Army |
| UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817 | Ancestry | Army |
| British Army, War Of 1812 Casualties | FMP | Army |
| British Royal Marines, Marriage Registers 1813-1920 | FMP | Marines |
| Army Deserters 1828-1840 | FMP | Army |
| British Royal Navy Personnel 1831 | FMP | Navy |
| UK, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941 | FS | Navy |
| Harts Army List 1840 | FMP | Army |
| Royal Navy officers' service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920 | TNA | Navy |
| British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 | FMP | Army |
| Royal Marines' service records 1842-1925 | TNA | Marines |
| UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939 | Ancestry | Navy |
| British Army, Royal Artillery Officer Deaths 1850-2011 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Worldwide Index 1851 | FMP | Army |
| England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913 | FMP | Navy |
| Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1923 | TNA | Navy |
| Web: UK, Royal Naval Seamen Index, 1853 -1872 | Ancestry | Navy |
| British Army Discharges, 60th Foot 1854-1880 | FMP | Army |
| East India Register & Army List 1855 | FMP | Army |
| Victoria Cross registers 1856-1944 | TNA | Army |
| Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955 | TNA | Navy |
| British Army, Worldwide Index 1861 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Worldwide Index 1871 | FMP | Army |
| Indian Army & Civil Service List 1873 | FMP | Army |
| Army List August 1878 | FMP | Army |
| British Army Muster Rolls, 60th Foot 1879-1882 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers 1881-1920 | FMP | Army |
| Harts Army List 1888 | FMP | Army |
| Royal Marines 1899-1919 | FMP | Marines |
| British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 | FMP | Navy |
| Royal Navy Officers 1899-1919 | FMP | Navy |
| UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 | Ancestry | Army |
| Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922 | TNA | Navy |
| British Army Service Records Image Browse | FMP | Army |
| Royal Naval Air Service officers' service records 1906-1918 | TNA | Navy |
| British Army, Honourable Artillery Company | FMP | Army |
| British Royal Air Force, Airmen's Service Records 1912-1939 | FMP | Air Force |
| British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 | FMP | Air Force |
| UK, Royal Air Force Muster Roll, 1918 | Ancestry | Air Force |
| UK, British Jewry Roll of Honour, 1914-1918 | Ancestry | All |
| Bexley, Kent, England, WWI Registration Cards, 1914-1919 | Ancestry | All |
| Prisoner of war interview reports 1914-1918 | TNA | Army |
| British Army medal index cards 1914-1920 | TNA | Army |
| British Army nurses' service records 1914-1918 | TNA | Army |
| British Army war diaries 1914-1922 | TNA | Army |
| Soldiers' service records | TNA | Army |
| Soldiers' pension records | TNA | Army |
| UK, British Army Recipients of the Military Medal, 1914-1920 | Ancestry | Army |
| Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls, 1914-1947 | Ancestry | Army |
| UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916 | Ancestry | Army |
| UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920 | Ancestry | Army |
| UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 | Ancestry | Army |
| British Army Service Records | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Bond Of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Deserters and Absentees In Police Gazette 1914-1919 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Lloyds Of London Memorial Roll 1914-1919 | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book, 1914-1918 | FMP | Army |
| UK, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 | FS | Army |
| Merchant seamen's campaign medal records 1914-1918 | TNA | Merchant Navy |
| UK, Shipping and Seamen WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1914-1945 | Ancestry | Merchant Navy |
| Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1919 | TNA | Navy |
| British Royal Navy & Royal Marines, Battle Of Jutland 1916 Servicemen | FMP | Navy |
| Women's Army Auxiliary Corps service records 1917-1920 | TNA | Army |
| British Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1917-1920 | FMP | Army |
| UK, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920 | FS | Army |
| Women's Royal Naval service records 1917-1919 | TNA | Navy |
| Royal Air Force officers' service records 1918-1919 | TNA | Air Force |
| Women's Royal Air Force service records 1918-1920 | TNA | Air Force |
| UK, Royal Air Force Airmen Records, 1918-1940 | Ancestry | Air Force |
| Web: UK, Women's Royal Air Force Index, 1918-1920 | Ancestry | Air Force |
| British Women's Royal Air Force Service Records 1918-1920 | FMP | Air Force |
| Royal Air Force Muster Roll 1918 | FMPt | Air Force |
| British Army, Plovdiv Military Cemetery Burials | FMP | Army |
| UK, Military Discharge Indexes, 1920-1971 | Ancestry | Army |
| UK, Electrical Engineer WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949 | Ancestry | All |
| Army Roll Of Honour 1939-1945 | FMP | Army |
| British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945 | FMP | Army |
| British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945 Image Browse | FMP | Army |
| British Army, Royal Artillery, 80th Field Regiment, WW2 | FMP | Army |
| UK, WWII Civil Defence Gallantry Awards, 1940-1949 | Ancestry | Civilian |
There are no British military records at MyHeritage. While The Genealogist has several, including many years of Army Lists, the catalogue information is sparse. Check it out at
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/coverage/military-records/?type=diamond#includes
3 comments:
Three more for you John, all on Ancestry and listed as 'Canadian' collections, though concerning British Army regiments (including regimental description books):
Canada, British Army and Canadian Militia Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, 1795-1850
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3230
Canada, British Army Regimental Rolls of Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers, 1806-1892
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3383
Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3253
Chris
Chris and John - yes the records are on Ancestry and are useful but Do Not make any assumptions about your soldier based on Ancestry's title for these records.
Another couple of additions:
Silver War Badge Medals 1914-1920 on Ancestry, and
Soldiers Wills 1850-1986 at https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#soldiers
Ann Williams, Calgary
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