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The Royal Flying Corps was the air arm of the British Army during World War 1 and the Royal Naval Air Service was the air arm of the Royal Navy. They merged in 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Hospitals / Nursing
Title:Genes Reunited
Link:Genes Reunited
Description:Genes Reunited' Military Records
Extra Info:Includes prisoners of war, medal rolls, some service records and more.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft
Title:611 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Link:http://www.611squadronrauxaf.co.uk/
Description:611 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers
Title:A Multimedia History of World War One
Link:https://www.firstworldwar.com/
Description:A Multimedia History of World War One
Extra Info:A site with much information about WWI, details and dates of each battles, source documents, photographs, diaries and much more.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft
Title:Aircrew Remembered
Link:https://aircrewremembered.com/
Description:Aircrew Remembered is a very large resource containing more than 5 million data items and records at various levels of detail.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Pictures / Photographs
Title:Battle of Britain London Monument
Link:http://bbm.org.uk/
Description:Battle of Britain London Monument
Extra Info:List all the British and Allied airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain 10th July to 31st October 1940.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS
Title:Battle of Britain Memorial
Link:https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/
Description:Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel Le Ferne
Extra Info:Located in Capel Le Ferne, Kent.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:BBC - WW2 People's War
Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/catego...
Description:BBC - WW2 People's War
Extra Info:The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two - this archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:Britain's Small Wars
Link:http://www.britainssmallwars.co.uk/
Description:Britain's Small Wars - Forgotten Wars
Extra Info:Details of many of Britain's 'forgotten' conflicts, with details of memorials and stories.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards
Title:Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards
Link:Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards from Find My Past
Description:Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information
Title:British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages
Link:Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages
Description:Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information
Title:British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms
Link:Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms
Description:Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information
Title:British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials
Link:Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials
Description:Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Information, Other
Title:British Pathe Film Archive
Link:https://www.britishpathe.com
Description:British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970
Extra Info:All sorts of social and military history on film.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps
Title:Burma Star Association
Link:https://www.burmastar.org.uk/
Description:Burma Star Association
Extra Info:The website is dedicted to all those who served in HM and Allied Forces or the Nursing Services in the Burma Campaign of the 1939-45 war. Includes a diary of the campaign and memories of thise who served.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps
Title:Burma Star Memorial
Link:https://burmastarmemorial.org/
Description:Burma Star Memorial
Extra Info:The Burma Star Memorial Fund is a charity dedicated to the legacy and commemoration of all those who served in the Allied forces during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Information
Title:Commando Veterans Archive
Link:http://www.commandoveterans.org/
Description:Commando Veterans Archive
Extra Info:Information and data on the Commandos from the time of their formation In 1940 to the present day.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Museums
Title:D-Day Museum
Link:https://theddaystory.com/
Description:D-Day Museum
Extra Info:Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Museums
Title:Eden Camp Museum
Link:https://edencamp.co.uk/
Description:Eden Camp Museum
Extra Info:Located in Ryedale, Yorkshire.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, Information
Title:Flags of the World
Link:https://www.fotw.info/flags/index.html
Description:Flags of the World
Extra Info:Click on UK, England, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey for district/county flags, ensigns, flags of the armed services and more.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers
Title:Guardian Newspaper
Link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/-sp-...
Description:Guardian Newspaper - How it Covered the Last Century
Extra Info:The newspaper articles cover the period 1899-1999.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Museums, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Aircraft, Ships, Information
Title:Imperial War Museum
Link:https://www.iwm.org.uk/
Description:Imperial War Museum - links to the museums at London, Duxford, IWM North, HMS Belfast and Churchill Museum
Extra Info:Located in London, Salford Quays & Duxford.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:International Bomber Command Centre
Link:https://internationalbcc.co.uk
Description:A story of Discovery, Education and Remembrance - International Bomber Command Centre
Extra Info:The IBCC Digital Archive is an extensive repository of the personal stories of those who served and suffered during WWII, including personal memorabilia and one of the biggest collections of eyewitness testimonies.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information
Title:International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive
Link:https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/
Description:The IBCC Digital Archive focuses on people's stories of RAF Bomber Command and the bombing war in Europe, 1939-1945
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Museums
Title:Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge.
Link:https://www.kbobm.org/
Description:Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge
Extra Info:Located in Hawkinge, Kent.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, Museums
Title:Manx Aviation Preservation Society
Link:http://www.maps.org.im/
Description:The Manx Aviation and Military Museum
Extra Info:Located between Douglas and Castletown. Dedicated to the memory of those who served in a military capacity on the Island.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Other
Title:National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:National Archives - 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:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Medals / Awards
Title:National Archives - Online RAF Records and Indexes
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:National Archives - Online RAF Records and Indexes
Extra Info:Includes RAF service records, air combat reports, medal index cards and much more.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Information, Other
Title:National Archives - Online Records and Indexes
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK)
Extra Info:Includes army, navy, air force, marines, merchant seamen and more. Many detailed records require payment.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Other
Title:National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/
Description:National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979
Extra Info:Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as Ireland's independence, world war one, the cold war, marriage allowances in the Navy and much more.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers
Title:Newspapers Online via Google
Link:https://news.google.com/newspapers
Description:Newspapers Online via Google
Extra Info:Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that mention British ships and British events.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:Officers Died Website
Link:https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm
Description:Officers Died Website
Extra Info:Includes many different battles, but includes specific details of the Gloucester Regiment in WWI and WWII.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, 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:RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Museums
Title:RAF Digby's Sector Ops Museum
Link:https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/r...
Description:RAF Digby's Sector Ops Museum
Extra Info:Located near Lincoln.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums, Aircraft
Title:RAF Museum London and Cosford Air Force Museums
Link:https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
Description:RAF Museum London and Cosford Air Force Museums
Extra Info:Located in Cosford, Shropshire and Hendon, London.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, Aircraft, Muster / Militia Rolls
Title:RAF Museum Storyvault
Link:https://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/
Description:First World War Casualty Cards, the 1918 Muster Roll and 1918 Air Force List
Extra Info:Royal Air Force History
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Medals / Awards
Title:RAF Records : The Genealogist
Link:https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=...
Description: Researching the RAF records for family historians
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, Museums
Title:Reserve Forces in Greater London
Link:https://www.glrfca.org/
Description:Reserve Forces in Greater London
Extra Info:Includes the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Territorial Army, Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Marines, World War I
Title:Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920
Link:Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 from Find My Past
Description:Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920
Extra Info:Includes the The Jack Clegg memorial database of Royal Naval Division casualties of the Great War.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:Science and Society Picture Library
Link:https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk
Description:Science and Society Picture Library
Extra Info:Over 50,000 images including many images of war, poster campaigns, letters from the wars and more.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, 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 1760 to 20th Century
Link:Search UK Military Records 1760 to 20th Century
Description:Search UK Military Records 1760 to 20th Century
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, Museums
Title:Secret Bunker
Link:https://www.hackgreen.co.uk/
Description:Hack Green Secret Bunker
Extra Info:Located near Nantwich, Cheshire.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums
Title:Secret Bunker - Kelvedon Hatch
Link:https://secretnuclearbunker.com/
Description:Secret Bunker starting its life with a role as an RAF ROTOR Station
Extra Info:Located near Brentwood, Essex.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums
Title:Shuttleworth Museum
Link:https://www.shuttleworth.org/
Description:Shuttleworth Museum
Extra Info:Home of the Shuttleworth Collection of aircraft. Located near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title:Soldiers' Memorials Website
Link:https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht...
Description:Soldiers' Memorials Website
Extra Info:Includes some memorials by conflict and some by regiment.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums
Title:Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Link:https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/
Description:Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Extra Info:Located in Tangmere, West Sussex.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Information
Title:The Battle of Britain - The Few
Link:http://www.the-few.org.uk/
Description:Tribute to the men of the Battle of Britain - The Few
Extra Info:Includes Squadron lists, pilot signatures, crew lists and Battle of Britain history. Video clips of Spitfires and Hurricanes in flight.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Muster / Militia Rolls, Information
Title:The Genealogist's Military Records
Link:The Genealogist's Military Records
Description:The Genealogist's Military Records
Extra Info:They currently have 92 Army Lists available ranging from 1661 to 1940 and 28 Navy Lists ranging from 1689 to 1944. Army Lists can contain rank and regiment of officers, details of those stationed abroad and recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, Museums, Other Transport
Title:The Muckleburgh Military Collection
Link:https://www.muckleburgh.co.uk/
Description:The Muckleburgh Military Collection
Extra Info:Located in Norfolk, this museum claims to be the UK's largest privately owned working Military Museum.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title:The National Archives Online Collections
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Description:The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums
Title:The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
Link:https://www.paradata.org.uk/
Description:The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
Extra Info:Located in the IWM at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums
Title:The Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Link:http://www.shoreham-aircraft-museum.co.uk/
Description:The Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Extra Info:Located in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Hospitals / Nursing
Title:World War One - Photographs and Pictures
Link:https://www.ww1photos.com/
Description:World War One - Photographs and Pictures
Extra Info:Includes postcards of WWI, many photographs of the trenches, a special gallery of Gallipoli photographs, animals in war and more. Many free photos, others may be purchased.
Classification:RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums, Aircraft, Uniforms / Badges
Title:Yorkshire Air Museum
Link:https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/
Description:Yorkshire Air Museum
Extra Info:Located in Elvington, Yorkshire.
Classification:Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, 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 / Badges, 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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