Family History: Using Second World War Records
Find out where to start with your Second World War family history research.
Learn about records relating to army service including personnel records and operational records such as war diaries. Much of this material is available for the first time following the recent transfer of historic service personnel files from the Ministry of Defence to The National Archives, and this film shows your where to start.
00:00 - Introduction
0:16 - Getting started
1:31 - Other ranks - service records previously held by the Ministry of Defence
4:49 - Officers
6:05 - Officers and other ranks - online records
8:35 - Operational records
12:38 - Other records
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