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19th Century British and Indian Armies
Site explores the 19th Century British and Indian Armies and their soldiers. It presents various photographs, campaign medals, and the biographical studies of the soldiers represented by these items.
Battles on British Soil - a complete list
Very comprehensive listing of battles fought in Britain between 55BC and 1797.
Britain's Small Wars (1945-2002)
Photographs, stories, background information, and other resources on British participation in conflicts in South Asia, Malaya, the Cold War, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Suez, Boreno, Vietnam, and elsewhere.
British Battles
Profiles the major battles fought on British soil, with accounts of the conflict, who was involved, and why the battle occurred.
British History
Site documenting the military history of Britain, from the Roman occupation of Britain to the Hundred Years War, Civil War and Napoleonic Wars.
British Military History Web Ring
- limited to 20th-century history.
Bunkertours
An extensive photodocumentary of numerous mothballed and redundant underground military installations in Britain and France, including photographs of ROTOR sites, the Maginot Line, and Cold War sites. Also provides reports from physical visits.
Captain James Cook: The World's Explorer
site contains in-depth biography, images, news, discussion forum, FAQ.
Forgotten Soldiers
Dedicated to the monuments and graves of British soldiers in Bangalore that have been forgotten because they died so long ago.
National Archives: Trafalgar to Korea
Web exhibition that describes how and why Britain was at war in the battles of Trafalgar (1805), Crimea (1854), Egypt (1882), D-Day (1944) and Korea (1951), using documents, pictures and text.
Officers Died
Details of British officers killed in various wars between 1750 and 1999.
Patrick O'Rourke
The brief memoirs of Patrick O'Rourke(1917-1996), one of the soldiers in the Royal Scots Grey.
Regiments of the British West Indies
Information and history about the regiments of the British Army that were raised or saw service in various parts of the world.
Roll of Honour
Detailed information about war memorials and regiments within Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Fenlands and Huntingdonshire. Includes photographs, regimental details and personal details of those who died.
South Coast Area Military Preservation Society
A society dedicated to exploring and preserving all aspects of military history along the South Coast of England.
Special Air Service
Covers the exploits of the SAS Regiment from the origins in the desert in 1941 up to the Gulf War.
The Battle of Winwaed, 655AD
An attempt to collate available information about the Battle of Winwaed (655AD), and derive its probable location. Winwaed marked the defeat of the last credible pagan force in England.
The Black Watch Archive
Dedicated to the history of Scotland's famous Black Watch regiment. Includes casualty rolls, descriptions of battles, badges and uniforms.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
A history of the regiment from its establishment in 1959 through to amalgamation in the 1990s.
True Loyals
History of a British mobile light anti-aircraft regiment in the second World War, fighting from D-Day to VE-Day.
United Kingdom Land Forces
Detailed history of the British regimental system including a listing of regiments and corps between 1705 and 1995. Massive collection of links as well.
Victoria Cross Awards Prior to WWI
The pre-WW I recipients of the highest decoration for valor and conspicuous gallantry given by the United Kingdom.
Victoria Cross Reference
Comprehensive information on the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Hodson
Information on this distinguished Victorian cavalry commander of two famed regiments: the Corps of Guides, and Hodson's Horse.