Delve into wartime stories this weekend
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By Daisy Goddard | November 8, 2024
In honour of Remembrance Day, we've updated our military record collection, with 11,400 new additions for you to discover.
This week, we've added a brand new browse-only collection of sketchbook drawings from the First World War which offer a detailed insight into life on the front.
We've also updated our Women's Land Army service cards and our First World War Rolls of Honour and Nominal Rolls.
First World War Sketchbook
For the first time, we've made the sketchbook of Private Henry Page available to browse.
Soldiers seeing the pyramids in Egypt. View this page.
These beautiful sketches depict scenes from his time serving with the 2/24th Battalion, London Regiment during the First World War.
This browse-only set offers a fascinating insight into all aspects of army life, from drill procedures to the countries that Private Henry Page visited during his service.
A sketch depicting the insects on the Salonika Front, a front line that was established through Albania and Greece. View this page.
There are a total of 95 pages, with hundreds of drawings, within this new record set.
Women’s Land Army Service Cards 1939-1950
If your ancestor was in the Women's Land Army during or after the Second World War, her name may appear within these 5,907 new service card records.
You can discover more about the inspirational work of the Women's Land Army here.
British Rolls Of Honour and Nominal Rolls, First World War
There are 5,397 new images and transcriptions to discover within this existing collection. We've added new records from across London to help you uncover your ancestors' wartime stories.
In particular, you'll find new additions from Deptford, Southwark and the Library Association's Roll of Honour - which documented London library staff who served with the military during the First World War.
Military stories in black and white
Our newspaper collection offers a vivid insight into what life was like during the world wars. This Remembrance weekend, delve into the experiences of the battlefield and the home front with historical pages today.
Why not explore our extensive military titles? To learn more about historic events as they happened, search editions of the Illustrated War Times from 1914-1918 and 1939. For a harrowing look at those injured and killed during the First World War, take a look at two years worth of the War Office & Air Ministry's Weekly Casualty Lists.
The final chapter in our challenge...
Over the last few weeks, we have come together as a community to research the story of one family – the Griffiths family of Barry, Glamorganshire.
For the fourth and final weekend of the Findmypast family history challenge, it’s time to bring their tale to a close, using the 1921 Census of England and Wales and more.
