Research guides

• Second World War – an overview
  Recommended guide
  Keywords: nazi germanysecond world warwarsworld war two
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  1939 Register
  Keywords: 1939 registercensusdatasetsdigitised recordsonline collectionspopulationstatisticssurveys All records viewable online
• Bomb Census survey 1940-1945
  Keywords: air raidsbomb censuscasualties of wardatasetssecond world warstatisticssurveysworld war two
• British and Commonwealth prisoners of the Second World War and the Korean War
  Keywords: korean warpowsprisoners of warsecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two
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  British Army casualty lists 1939-1945
  Keywords: armybritish armydeathsdigitised recordsonline collectionssecond world warsoldierworld war two All records viewable online
• British Army nurses
  Keywords: armybritish armynurseswomen's military service
• British Army officers in service after 1918
  Keywords: armybritish armysecond world warsecond world war personnelsoldierworld war two
• British Army operations in the Second World War
  Keywords: armybritish armyregiments and corpssecond world warwar diariesworld war two
• British Army soldiers of the Second World War
  Keywords: armybritish armysecond world warsecond world war personnelsoldierworld war two
• Conscientious objectors
  Keywords: conscientious objectorsfirst world warsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Deaths in the First and Second World Wars
  Keywords: casualties of wardeathsfirst world warsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Durham Home Guard 1939-1945
  Keywords: digitised recordsonline collections All records viewable online
• Evacuees
  Keywords: evacuationhome frontsecond world warworld war two
• Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office records from 1782
  Keywords: commonwealth of nationscontrol commissiondiplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relationstreaties
• Home Guard personnel
  Keywords: home fronthome guardsecond world warworld war two
• Intelligence and security services
  Keywords: espionageintelligence and security servicesmi5 and mi6security servicesspecial operations executive
• Internees
  Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)first world warimmigrationinterneesmigrationpowsprisoners of warsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Land and property requisitioned for war in the 20th century
  Keywords: first world warlandland ownershiprequisitioned landsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Looted art 1939-1961
  Keywords: art and artistsdigitised recordsforeign affairsinternational relationsonline collectionssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online
• Merchant Navy medals and honours
  Keywords: awardscampaign medalsgallantry medalshonoursmedalsmerchant navy
• Merchant Navy officers
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navyofficers merchant navy
• Merchant Navy seamen in service since 1918
  Keywords: crew listsmerchant navysecond world warsecond world war personnelworld war two
• Merchant Navy ships wrecked or sunk
  Keywords: first world warmerchant navynavysecond world warshippingworld war oneworld war two
• Merchant Navy ships’ records: movement cards 1939-1945
  Keywords: digitised recordsmerchant navyonline collectionssecond world warshippingworld war two All records viewable online
• Military maps of the Second World War
  Keywords: mapssecond world warworld war two
• Military nursing
  Keywords: armybritish armynavynursesrafroyal air forceroyal navywomen's military service
• National Farm Survey of England and Wales 1941-1943
  Keywords: agriculturedatasetsfarms and farminglandland ownershipmapsnational farm surveystatisticssurveys
• Nazi persecution and the Holocaust
  Keywords: control commissionforeign officeholocaustjewish historynazi germanysecond world warwar crimesworld war two
• Prisoners of war in British hands
  Keywords: boer warcrimean warfirst world warpowsprisoners of warsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Refugees
  Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)emigrationimmigrationjewish historymigrationrefugees
• Research and development in the British Army
  Keywords: armybritish armyordnance (military supplies)
• Research and development in the Royal Navy
  Keywords: navyordnance (military supplies)royal navyshipping
• Royal Air Force operations
  Keywords: combat reports (raf)first world warrafroyal air forceroyal flying corpsroyal naval air servicesecond world warsquadrons (royal air force)world war oneworld war two
• Royal Air Force personnel
  Keywords: campaign medalscourts martialpowsprisoners of warrafroyal air forcesecond world war personnel
• Royal Air Force squadrons
  Keywords: rafroyal air forcesquadrons (royal air force)
• Royal Marines officers
  Keywords: first world warofficers (royal marines)royal marinesworld war one
• Royal Marines other ranks
  Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one
• Royal Naval dockyard staff
  Keywords: dockyardnavyroyal navy
• Royal Naval Reserve personnel
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval reservesecond world war personnelworld war one
• Royal Navy commissioned and warrant officers
  Keywords: courts martialnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navy
• Royal Navy nurses and medical officers
  Keywords: navynursesroyal navysecond world war personnelwomen's military service
• Royal Navy operations in the Second World War
  Keywords: admiraltynavyroyal navysecond world warworld war two
• Royal Navy ratings enlisted after 1918
  Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsnavyroyal navysecond world warworld war two
• Royal Navy ratings’ pensions 17th-20th centuries
  Keywords: first world warnavypensionsroyal navyworld war one
• Royal Navy ships wrecked or sunk
  Keywords: first world warnavyroyal navysecond world warshippingworld war oneworld war two
• Sir Anthony Eden’s private office papers 1935-1946
  Keywords: digitised recordsdiplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relationsonline collectionsprivate paperssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online
• Volunteers and Territorials
  Keywords: armybritish armyhome frontmilitiaofficers (army)regiments and corpssoldierterritorial armyvolunteer soldiers
• War crimes 1939-1945
  Keywords: control commissionnazi germanynuremberg trialssecond world warwar crimesworld war two
• Women’s Land Army
  Keywords: home frontland girlssecond world warsecond world war personnelwomen's land armyworld war two
• Women’s Royal Air Force personnel
  Keywords: first world warrafroyal air forcesecond world war personnelwomen's military serviceworld war one
• Women’s Royal Naval Service personnel
  Keywords: first world warroyal navywomen's military serviceworld war one