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Category : Napoleonic Wars

Classification:Army, Napoleonic Wars
Title:95th Rifles
Link:http://www.95thrifles.com/
Description:95th Rifles - Battle Re-enactments of the Napoleonic Wars
Extra Info:Includes a history of the regiment, articles about the battles and more.
Classification:Army, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:A history of the Lancashire Fusiliers : (formerly XX Regiment)
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/historylancashir01s...
Description:A history of the Lancashire Fusiliers : (formerly XX Regiment), Volume 1, 1688-1821
Extra Info:Online book. Inludes details of officers, battles fought, name changes and letters from Captain J. Kinkade and Lieutenant-Colonel G. Tovey.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:A Short History of HMS Victory
Link:http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14042027M/A_short_h...
Description:A Short History of HMS Victory - W.J.L.Wharton 1884
Extra Info:An online book about the history of HMS Victory, and includes a list of men aboard the ship.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:Admiral Lord Nelson
Link:http://www.admiralnelson.org/
Description:Admiral Lord Nelson
Extra Info:Details of his life, battles, ships and loves.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Officers' Records, Ships, Other
Title:Age of Nelson
Link:http://www.ageofnelson.org/
Description:Age of Nelson
Extra Info:Royal Navy officers who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, the seamen and marines who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and ships of the old navy.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars
Title:BOYD Family and Information Centre
Link:http://clanboyd.info/outsideusa/england/
Description:BOYD Family and Information Centre
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records, Medals / Awards
Title:BREW One Name Study
Link:http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm
Description:BREW One Name Study
Extra Info:Look under databases for details of BREW's with a military connection.
Classification:Navy, Army, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Maps
Title:British Battles - Analysing and Documenting British Battles
Link:http://www.britishbattles.com/
Description:British Battles - Analysing and Documenting British Battles
Extra Info:Britishbattles.com the site that gives you the battles fought by Britain and its Empire forces from the 18th Century to the end of the 19th Century, illustrated and mapped.
Classification:World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Maps, Information
Title:British History Online
Link:http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Description:British History Online
Extra Info:A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Classification:Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Newspapers
Title:British Newspapers 1800-1900
Link:http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/
Description:British Newspapers 1800-1900
Extra Info:Searchable newspapers with snapshot of context of results. Pay to view entire article.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:Broadside, Home of Nelson's Navy
Link:http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/
Description:Broadside is a collection of pages describing life in Royal Navy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the time of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Classification:Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Newspapers
Title:City and County of Swansea - Cambrian Index Online
Link:http://www.swansea.gov.uk/cambrian/
Description:City and County of Swansea - Cambrian Index Online
Extra Info:Although this just appears to be an index to their journals it has some detailed information to view.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars
Title:Colchester History and Information
Link:http://www.camulos.com/
Description:Colchester History and Information
Extra Info:Includes a list of Colchester men who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study
Link:http://www.combs-families.org/combs/
Description:COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study
Extra Info:Includes COMBS/COOMBS by conflict.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls
Title:DIBDEN One Name Study
Link:http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/
Description:DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants
Extra Info:Many military references to the DIBDEN name.
Classification:World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Other
Title:Gathering the Jewels Website
Link:http://www.gtj.org.uk/
Description:Gathering the Jewels - The Website for Welsh Cultural History
Extra Info:A whole host of images and artifacts from museums, libraries and records offices in Wales.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport
Title:Hansard 1803-2005
Link:http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/
Description:Hansard 1803-2005 - The Official Reports of Debate in Parliament
Extra Info:Information on the site is generated from the publicly available files. Material on this site remains under Parliamentary Copyright. Within these copyright constraints, you are encouraged to use and to explore the information provided.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Newspapers
Title:Historic Australian Newspapers
Link:http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Description:Historic Australian Newspapers
Extra Info:Fully searchable, many articles and notes about naval ships.
Classification:Navy, Marines, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:Historical Maritime Society
Link:http://www.hms.org.uk/
Description:Historical Maritime Society
Extra Info:A naval re-enactment society for the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Includes detailed histories of Nelson and the Napoleonic wars, with information about the duties of crew aboard ship.
Classification:Army, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/historicalrecor00sm...
Description:Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment 1717-1893
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a roll of officers, regimental calendar and many names and details of the regiment.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers, Information
Title:Internet Archive
Link:http://www.archive.org/
Description:Internet Archive
Extra Info:Has many scanned books and texts. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note Crimea and Crimean give different results.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:Irish War Memorials
Link:http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/
Description:Irish War Memorials
Extra Info:Can search by name or by the wars.
Classification:Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Museums, Officers' Records, Pictures / Photographs
Title:King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster
Link:http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/
Description:King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster
Extra Info:Located in Lancaster.
Classification:Navy, Marines, Napoleonic Wars, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Ships, Muster / Militia Rolls
Title:Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History
Link:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~...
Description:Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History
Extra Info:Includes names of marine officers 1787, index of officers and ships from 1790, pensioned officers 1790, index of ships and much more.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth
Link:http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/
Description:Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth
Extra Info:Many memorials that are searchable. Also includes an index of ships.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
Link:http://www.historyofwar.org/index.html
Description:Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
Extra Info:Almost 3,500 articles and much more information.
Classification:Napoleonic Wars, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H.M.S. Bellerophon
Link:http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23446065M/Narrative...
Description:Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H.M.S. Bellerophon - Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland , 1826
Extra Info:Online book.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Other
Title:National Archives - Documents Online - Army Records and Indexes
Link:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline...
Description:National Archives - Documents Online - Army Records and Indexes
Extra Info:Includes army campaign medals from WWI, service records for Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, prisoners of war reports and interviews and much more.
Classification:Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Newspapers
Title:Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers
Link:http://www.ncse.ac.uk/index.html
Description:Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers
Extra Info:Includes many articles relating to the wars of the time.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:Officers Died Website
Link:http://glosters.tripod.com/index.html
Description:Officers Died Website
Extra Info:Includes specific details of the Gloucester Regiment in WWI and WWII.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information, Other
Title:Open Library
Link:http://openlibrary.org/
Description:Open Library - Scanned Books Online
Extra Info:Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. Includes many books about all aspects of British Military History. Includes lots of accounts of voyagers of exploration by naval ships.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards
Title:Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
Link:http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/
Description:Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
Extra Info:Includes details of Victoria and George Cross recipients as well as a timeline for the regiments.
Classification:RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Museums, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Information
Title:Royal Gunpowder Mills
Link:http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/
Description:Royal Gunpowder Mills
Extra Info:Located in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Museums, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards
Title:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Regimental Museum
Link:http://www.inniskilling.com/
Description:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Regimental Museum
Extra Info:Located in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.The site includes a regimental history, those in the regiment who have recieved a Victoria Cross, battle honours and more.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Medals / Awards
Title:Royal Irish Rangers
Link:http://www.royalirishrangers.co.uk/
Description:Royal Irish Rangers
Extra Info:The history section includes the formation of the Rangers, details of the Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Royal Ulster Rifles, recipients of the Victoria Cross and more.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Museums, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships
Title:Royal Museums Greenwich incorporating the National Maritime Museum
Link:http://www.rmg.co.uk/
Description:National Maritime Museum
Extra Info:Located in Greenwich, London. A lot of information online to help you get the most out of the museum.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Officers' Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Information
Title:Search UK Military Records 1656-2005
Link:Search UK Military Records 1656-2005
Description:Search UK Military Records 1656-2005
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Service Records
Title:SHERWOOD One Name Study Group
Link:http://www.sherwoodfam.plus.com/
Description:SHERWOOD One Name Study Group
Extra Info:Details of military SHERWOODs.
Classification:Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Pictures / Photographs, Muster / Militia Rolls
Title:The Fife Military Project
Link:http://www.thaneofife.org.uk/
Description:The Fife Military Project
Extra Info:Includes muster rolls, volunteer regiments and militia, Fife home guard and more.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:The Middlesex Regiment
Link:http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/middx_roh.htm
Description:The Middlesex Regiment
Extra Info:Includes a regimental history, battle honours, a roll of honour for WWII and Korea.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr01j...
Description:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV, plus additions to 1827 Volume 1
Extra Info:Online book. Charts the naval history of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827 in six volumes. This volume cover 1792-1796 with a brief overview of the naval history 1488-1792.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr02j...
Description:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV, plus additions to 1827 Volume 2
Extra Info:Online book. Charts the naval history of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827 in six volumes. This volume covers 1797-1800.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr03j...
Description:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV, plus additions to 1827 Volume 3
Extra Info:Online book. Charts the naval history of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827 in six volumes. This volume covers 1800-1805.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr04j...
Description:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV, plus additions to 1827 Volume 4
Extra Info:Online book. Charts the naval history of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827 in six volumes. This volume cover 1805 to 1809.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr05j...
Description:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV, plus additions to 1827 Volume 5
Extra Info:Online book. Charts the naval history of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827 in six volumes. This volume cover 1809 to 1813.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships
Title:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV
Link:http://www.archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr06j...
Description:The Naval History of Great Britain 1793 to George IV, plus additions to 1827 Volume 6
Extra Info:Online book. Charts the naval history of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827 in six volumes. This volume cover 1813-1827.
Classification:Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Ships
Title:Trafalgar Ancestors
Link:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancest...
Description:Trafalgar Ancestors - From the National Archives
Extra Info:Includes details about the battle, Nelson and a database of those who served at the battle of Trafalgar on the British side, with details of sources. Also has a database of people and ships who did not serve at Trafalgar but where in service at the time.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Link:http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/
Extra Info:This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs.
Classification:World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:War Times Journal
Link:http://www.wtj.com/
Description:War Times Journal
Extra Info:War Times Journal is an on-line magazine which covers all periods of military history and military science. Includes the German view of the Hartlepool and Scarborough raids in 1914 and much more.
Classification:Napoleonic Wars, Medals / Awards
Title:Waterloo Medal Roll
Link:http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/britishfamily/
Description:Waterloo Medal Roll from Valmay's British Family History
Extra Info:The list is not complete, it includes names from the 11th Light Dragoons and 3rd Battalion 14th Regiment of Foot.
Classification:Napoleonic Wars, Medals / Awards
Title:Waterloo Medal Roll 1815
Link:Waterloo Medal Roll 1815
Description:Waterloo Medal Roll 1815
Classification:World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information
Title:Wellcome Collection - Images of 2000 years
Link:http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/
Description:Wellcome Collection - Images of 2000 years
Extra Info:Many images of war, including images of Christmas postcards send during WWI. Can be downloaded or printed for a fee.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Muster / Militia Rolls
Title:Wigtownshire Pages
Link:http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~le...
Description:Wigtownshire Pages
Extra Info:History and information about the area.
Classification:Napoleonic Wars
Title:Wolds Historical Organisation
Link:http://www.hoap.co.uk/who/
Description:Wolds Historical Organisation
Extra Info:Includes details of Major Robert Christopher Packe, who was killed leading a cavalry charge at the battle of Waterloo.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:Worcester Regiment Website
Link:http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/
Description:Worcester Regiment Website
Extra Info:Includes rolls of honour from 1808-1960, history of the regiment, war diary of 1st battalion Worcester Regiment 1944-45 and much more.
Classification:Napoleonic Wars, Muster / Militia Rolls, Other
Title:GENUKI County page for Aberdeenshire
Link:http://www.urie.demon.co.uk/genuki/ABD/
Description:General information for Aberdeenshire
Classification:Napoleonic Wars, Muster / Militia Rolls, Other
Title:GENUKI County page for Cardiganshire
Link:http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/
Description:General information for Cardiganshire
Classification:Napoleonic Wars, Muster / Militia Rolls, Other
Title:GENUKI County page for Monmouthshire
Link:http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/
Description:General information for Monmouthshire
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Uniforms, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers, Maps, Information, Other
Title:Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia
Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/
Description:Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia
Extra Info:Comprehensive general reference for most military topics. Use its search box to find your areas of interest.
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