United Kingdom & Ireland » U.K. Military » Medals, Awards & Tributes

Ancestry.com - Search Military Records

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

George Cross Database

The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism. King George VI created the award for the men and women of the Commonwealth whose courage could not be marked by any other honour.

Gov.uk - Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility

Honor Roll Project

A worldwide project by participating bloggers to make military honor rolls available to online search engines with transcriptions and photographs. Volunteers from a dozen countries have contributed to this website. The home page has pull down menus with geographic areas for browsing. Non-bloggers can contribute transcriptions, too.

Imperial War Museum

Lancing War Memorial

Lancing War Memorial now stands in South Street, with the Parish Hall on one side, and the church of St. Michael and All Angels on the other, but originally it was erected immediately in front of St. Michael's, and on land belonging to the Church.

Life Saving Medal Rolls and Citations

From the Life Saving Awards Research Society. Includes citations and medal roll information for the United Kingdom's Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal awards for the years 1891 to 1918.

Lost Ancestors - United Kingdom and the world - Members (War) Memorials

All pictures have been taken and transcribed by members of Lost Ancestors. Its not all about war memorials, but memorials dedicated to calamities, mine accidents and other disasters which touched the hearts of all people.

Medals

From For the King-Emperor - The Indian Army on campaign during the Edwardian & Georgian eras 1901-1939.

Medals and awards - Canada.ca

Missing Medals.com

Missing Medals is a reference and central registry service to assist those attempting to return or find missing military awards. All services and information on this site are absolutely free.

North East Medals

We specialise in the war medals issued to the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the British and Commonwealth forces. The majority of the British war medals listed on this site were issued for the wars and campaigns of the 19th and 20th century.

Orders, Decorations, and Campaign Medals of the British Army 1815 to 1920 (Wayback Machine)

Examples with biographies.

Orders, Decorations, and Campaign Medals of the Indian Army 1815 to 1920 (Wayback Machine)

Examples with biographies.

PJD Research Services

A site for military, family and medal collectors, research carried out into medal entitlements, military, army, navy and Royal Flying Corps / R.A.F. Personel from the Victorian period to date. Officers and other ranks.

Recipients of the Victoria Cross Associated with the North-East of England

Researching British Military Medals: A Practical Guide

A book by Steve Dymond.

Roll of Honour - Britain at War

To honour those who served their country

The Coronel Memorial

Online war memorial for the naval battle of Coronel off the west coast of South America which was fought on November 1, 1914. See the Casualty Search feature to search the names of the 1,600 British seaman lost in the battle.

The Gazette - How to search The Gazette

The Gazette is formally the combination of three publications: The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette. As a publication, The Gazette consists largely of statutory notices which can be searched for via this site.