A record of Oundle and Laxton school pupils who gave their lives during the Second World War. Biographies include varying information and dates on personal achievements, career, military service and circumstances of death. Also includes portraits of each person (where available). *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Contains over 350 pages *Includes Portraits... More Info
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Including Cemetery Plan and Indexes. Now also on CD as Brighton Preston Barracks (SSX-SXE87).
This book covers the period 1850 to the present day, reviewing the forces of the Militia based for 50 years at Barnet Barracks, the Rifle Volunteers and the Territorial Forces. The timeline details events from 1661 to 2019. There are maps, photographs and biographies of notable characters. 76 pages A4 format
Oliver Nugent, Ireland’s longest-serving divisional commander of the Great War, led the Ulster Division on the western front from 1915 to 1918. That period saw the operational transformation of the British army and his own development as a general, from the heroic but doomed assault at Thiepval in July 1916, through the triumph of Messines, the heartbreaking failure at Ypres and the mixed succes...More Info
Alternative sources to census and parish registers. Military records WW1, Trade Union records, directories, electoral registers; contacting birth parents or missing cousins.
Records of gentry, clergy, lawyers, doctors, teachers, military and naval officers, EIC officials.