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9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum

Based in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery at the Strand, Derby. The Regimental Museum is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and legacy of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, a British cavalry regiment.
A Guide to Archival Resources at McGill University//Guide des sources.
Anglo-Boer War Museum

Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Army Museums Ogilby Trust

Supports the development of those museums in the United Kingdom displaying the collections of the regiments and corps of the British Army.
- Family Military Research Step-by-step Guide
Bermuda Maritime Museum

Mangrove Bay, Bermuda.
British Red Cross Museum and Archives

London, England.
- History and Origin
- Medals and Badges
- Records of Prisoners of War
- War-time volunteers and personnel records
Churchill College: The Churchill Archives Centre
FIREPOWER - The Museum of The Royal Artillery
- James Clavell Library
Historic Dockyard Chatham

Kent.
- History of the Dockyard
Imperial War Museum

London.
- IWM Collections
  - Collections Online
    - Search All Archives
- National Inventory of War Memorials
  - Family History
  - Search the Memorials
- Tracing your Family History
In Flanders Fields Museum

Museum in Belgium includes a Documentation Centre with a wide variety of resources. Databases & links to databases for casualties from Belgium, France, Germany & Great Britain.
In Flanders Fields Museum

Belgium.
International Committee of the Red Cross - Archives

Geneva, Switzerland. Instructions on how to request information on victims of armed struggle (prisoner of war, civilian held captive, deceased or interned).
- Online Request Form
List of military museums in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)
Military Archives

Military Archives is the place of deposit for the records of the Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and the Army Pensions Board in Ireland. Apart from serving the evidential, legal and heritage needs of the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence, Military Archives can provide public services to a broad spectrum of interests, from family history queries to academic research, to material for television and radio documentaries. Located in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum of Flight

East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian.
Museum of Military Medicine

Mytchett, Surrey, England. The collections on display include uniforms & insignia, medical, dental and veterinary equipment, ambulances, an ambulance train ward coach, a carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War and a large medal collection including twenty three of the 29 Victoria Crosses awarded to the Army Medical Services. Located in the Defence Medical Services Training Centre, Keogh Barracks.
- History of the Royal Army Medical Corps
- Research Enquiries Royal Army Medical Corps
Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment
National Maritime Museum
- Library and Archive Collection
  - Caird Library and Archive
    
    This collection includes personal papers of the famous and powerful, Admiralty and Dockyard records, and the business papers of shipping companies and other non-governmental organisations. Also Crew agreement lists and Certificates of Competency.
  - NMM Library Catalogue
  - Research Guides from The National Maritime Museum
    
    A listing of the National Maritime Museum's online research guides to their library and collections and to other related maritime sources.
    - Research Guide No. A3 - Tracing Family History from Maritime Records
      
      A brief introduction to maritime records you can use to discover more about your ancestors, family history or famous people. It is intended to help you get started on your research, using the National Maritime Museum's library and archives and other resources outside the museum.
National Records of Scotland - Research Guides - Military Records

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