Links
This page provides a variety of links covering a broad range of subject areas. At all times lists are compiled in alphabetical order.
War Memorials Trust does not endorse, sponsor or otherwise approve of any information or images or further links to other sites that appear on these websites.
If you would like to suggest a website to be added to our links page please email us at info@warmemorials.org. Please advise us which section you feel is appropriate for the link. Please note that War Memorials Trust does regularly check its links and will remove any that no longer function. Therefore if you supply us with a link please do let us know if it changes. If you find a link on our page that is out of date, let us know at info@warmemorials.org.
Quick Links;Archives;Conservators/Contractors; Defence;Education; Genealogy; Guidance for Custodians; Heritage Organisations and Museums in the UK; Legal and Financial; Military Gateway; Military History; Military Publishers; Poetry; Rememberance;Sculptors;Tour Companies, Tourist Links and Museums/Sites outside the UK;Veterans; War Memorials in the United Kingdom; War Memorials outside the United Kingdom;
These links are commonly sought websites
Royal British Legion
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
English Heritage
Imperial War Museum
UK National Inventory of War Memorials
British War Memorial Project
International Council on Archives
British Library Manuscript Collection
British Records Association
British Records Society
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
Historical Manuscripts Commission ARCHON -LINKS Website
Institute of Contemporary British History
Institute of Historical Research
National Council on Archives
National Register of Archives
National Preservation Office
The National Archives Public Record Office (PRO) and Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC) merged into the National Archive for the UK
National Register of Archives for the UK HMC
Public Record Office PRO
National Archives of Scotland
Scottish Records Association/Scottish Record Office
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Wales
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Victoria County History
The Fawcett Library - The Women's Library
History of Parliament
House of Lords Record Office
Liddell Hart Centre for Military
The World War 1 Document Archive An archive of primary documents
Republic of Ireland - The National Archives
English County Record Offices
Bath City Record Office
Bristol Record Office
Bedford and Luton Archives
Berkshire Record Office
Birmingham Central Library Archives Division
Buckingham Record Office
Cambridgeshire County Record Office
Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies
Cleveland Archives Section
Cornwall Record Office
Cumbria Record Office
Derbyshire County Record Office and Local Studies
Devon Record Office
Dorset Record Office
Durham County Record Office
Essex Record Office
Gloucestershire Record Office
Hampshire Record Office
Hereford Record Office
Hertfordshire Record Office
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
Kent Centre for Kentish Studies
Canterbury City and Cathedral Archives
Lancashire Record Office
Leicestershire Record Office
Lincolnshire Archives
London Metropolitan Archives
Guildhall Library
City of Westminster Archives Centre
The Family Records Centre
Merseyside Record Office and Liverpool Record Office
Norfolk Record Office
Northamptonshire Record Office
Northumberland Record Office
Nottinghamshire Archives
Oxfordshire County Record Office
Shropshire Record Office
Somerset Archive and Record Service
Staffordshire Record Office
Suffolk Record Office
Surrey Record Office
East Sussex Record Office
West Sussex Record Office
Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Wiltshire Record Office
Worcester Record Office
East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Service
North Yorkshire County Record Office
South Yorkshire Archive Service
West Yorkshire Archive Service
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The Conservation Register - The Conservation Register holds detailed information on conservation-restoration practices from across the UK and Ireland. Practices meet specified criteria to be included and whether you are a private owner, or work in the heritage sector, you can use this website to search by object type and geographical location for the expertise you require.
The Building Conservation Directory - A guide to specialist suppliers, companies and craftspeople in building conservation, refurbisment and design. YOu can use this website to search companies, products and services.
Further information can be found in the Helping You Section
Links to defence organisations
Defence of Britain Project Recording the C20th defences of Britain
findmypast.com Genealogy website
Military Archive Research Military history (UK) and military genealogy
Anglian Sources for Geneology Church of England page providing research help
The UK Genealogy Interests Directory Genealogy website
War Memorials in England and Wales Guidance for custodians
This document is held on the DCA website.
Heritage Organisations and Museums in the UK
Links to the websites of different Heritage organisations and museums
Cadw
Church Monuments Society, The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
English Heritage
Heritage Link Umbrella group for the heritage sector
Historic Scotland
Images of England - Photographic record of listed buildings in England
Imperial War Museum
Marks Hall - County Estate with Gardens, Arboretum and Woodland Walks
National Army Museum
The National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) and the
Extended National Database
Northern Ireland Department of Environment
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
The Second World War Experience Centre
UK National Inventory of War Memorials
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VAT and Memorials Grant Scheme Explaining the grants scheme that enables reclaim of VAT, by charitable organisations, on memorial repairs.
Planning Aid A source of help with planning issues, initial advice is open to all but in-depth assistance may require some eligibility testing with enquirer.
The following links are good gateways into military subjects and related areas offering links to a wide variety of websites under different categories.
Allies In War A gateway to different elements of the War with a focus on the
stories of GI Brides
Genuki A gateway to websites related to War Memorial including record of names recorded on War Memorials
Hellfire Corner
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth Access to information
Salient Points A single source of information on the 1st and 2nd World Wars Worldwide Military Links
The following links take you to subjects dealing with military history in specific periods.
World War II
World War I
The Great War 1914-1918 An individual's page on World War 1
Great War Society
Trenches on the Web
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Pre World War I
The Victorian Military Society
The following links are for companies that publish books within the military history field.
Pen and Sword Books Ltd
The Naval & Military Press Ltd
Links to websites featuring military and conflict related poetry
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626 Squadron Dedicated to the 338 airmen who never came home
Allied Special Forces Association
British War Memorial Project Photo Archive of Briish war memorials and graves
Exhibition on WWI Rememberance Photographs by Jane Alden Stevens
Market Garden A digital monument recording 3 online Rolls of Honour
Royal British Legion
Royal Sussex Regiment, The History of the regiment and soldiers of Sussex
Western Front Association
Alexander Carrick A study of his work
Tour Companies, Tourist Links Museums/Sites outside the UK
The following links are to companies or organisations that can offer tours of, or holidays to, areas of military significance including battlefields.
Tour Companies
Holts Tours Organsing military and historical tours for over 25 years
Leger Tours A range of Battlefield tours
Salient Tours First and Second World War European Battlefield tours
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd Run by James Power
Millennium Battlefield Tours A voluntary, charitable organisation offering tours
Tourist Links
Accomodation:
Woodside Belgium B&B Near Flanders Fields
Comrades-in-arms-reunited Database to reunite old comrades
Comrades and Colleagues Website to reunite old comrades
Forces Reunited Working with SSAFA to reunite colleagues
Veterans Agency MOD department providing all types of advice to veterans
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War Memorials in the United Kingdom
These links are to sites pertaining to war memorials in the UK. General sites head the list followed by information grouped on a county basis.
General
Animals in War Memorial to the animals who died in conflict
Memorial Gates Trust A memorial to the men and women from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and the Caribbean who volunteered to serve with the Armed Forces during the First and Second World Wars.
North East War Memorials Project A project recording war memorials in the North East of England
United Kingdom
UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Channel 4 Lost Generation Information alongside the Not Forgotten Series
Roll of Honour website Provides Information on War Memorials around the UK
Memorial Transcripts Transcripts for War Memorials in the UK
England
Essex Abberton; Colchester Heroes ;Walsingham
Gloucestershire Gloucester Cenotaph
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Memorials
Kent Kent ; Sittingbourne Remembers
Nottinghamshire Jacksdale
Sussex The Royal Sussex Lving History Group War Memorials associated with
the Regiment and area
West Midlands Memorials in Wolverhampton; Wolverhampton War Memorials
Yorkshire War Memorials in Hartlepool; Wakefield;
Regiments
Green Howards website remembering Green Howards including war memorials
Northern Ireland
Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
Scotland
Ayrshire Kilwinning's Great War Casualties
Scottish War Memorials Discussion Forum
Wales
International Brigades This page covers Memorials to those Welshmen who lost their lives fighting in the International Brigades in Spain during the Civil War that began in 1936.
Nelson, Glamorgan Website with information on this memorial
War Memorials and related websites outside the United Kingdom
Africa
Americas
Canadian
Canadian Forces College
Canadian Veterans Recollect
Canadian War Museum
Grief & Loss Resource Centre - Canadian War Memorials
Harry Palmer Gallery
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
National Archives of Canada
Ross Memorial Park
Veterans Affairs Canada
Asia
Forgotten Soldiers Remembering British military forces who died in Bangalore
War Memorials in Bangalore & India War Graves and cemeteries
Europe
British Cemetery in Elvas, Portugal
Friends of St. George's Memorial Church, Ypres
Irish War Memorials Project Inventory of Irish War Memorials
Oceania
Australian
Australian Defence Force Academy
Australian Govt. Dept of Veterans'Affairs
Australian War Memorial
War Memorials in Australia
New Zealand
National War Memorial and Carillon
