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Division within WO1702-2007Armed Forces Service RecordsArmed forces service records containing records of individuals' service in the British armed forces.
Pre First World War and general:
- Annotated copies of published Army Lists recording officers' services from 1754-1900, WO 65-WO 66.
- Manuscript army lists, 1702-1823, WO 64.
- Records and returns of officers' services, WO 67 and WO 76.
- Records of the Army Purchase Commission, WO 74.
- Royal Artillery, WO 69.
- Royal Garrison Regiment, 1901-1906, WO 19.
- Local armed forces and the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War, WO 126-WO 127.
- Officers' certificates of births, etc., WO 42.
- British and Palestine Garrisons, registers of baptisms, banns of marriages, etc., WO 156.
- Officers Services (including Civilian Dependants and Civilian and Military Staff Appointments), WO 340.
- Soldiers of the Household Cavalry WO 400.
First World War:
- Regular Army and Emergency Reserve Officers, registered in a 'Long Number' series, WO 339, with index to long numbers, WO 338.
- Temporary commissions and Territorial Army Officers, WO 374.
- Non commissioned officers and other ranks, WO 363-WO 364-WO 400.
- Women's (later Queen Mary's) Army Auxiliary Corps, WO 398.
- Nursing Service Records,WO 399.
Second World War:
- Second World War roll of honour, WO 304.
- Home Guard records, WO 409.
- Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, WO 345.
- Allied Prisoners of War Hospitals, Thailand and Burma, WO 347.
- Japanese Registers of Allied Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees held in Camps in Singapore, WO 367.
- Prisoners of War Lists, WO 392.
- German Index cards of British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War, WO 416.
- Army Casualty Lists, WO 417.
- The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Other Ranks: Service Records, WO 420.
- Selected Smaller Corps Other Ranks: Service Records, WO 421.
- Women's Services in East Africa, Nurses and Other Ranks: Service Records, WO 427.
- Indian Army Casualties, WO 429.
- Indian Army: Honours and Decorations, British OfficersWO 432.
- Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) Ships Cards WO 435 .
Award of medals:
- Victoria Cross, WO 98.
- Campaign Medal & Award Rolls, WO 100.
- Meritorious Service Awards, WO 101.
- Long Service & Good Conduct Awards, WO 102.
- Order of the Bath, WO 104.
- Royal Red Cross, WO 145.
- Military Medal, Second World War, WO 326.
- Albert Medal, WO 327.
- Service Medal & Award Rolls, First World War, WO 329.
- Volunteer Officers' Decoration & King George V's Coronation Medal, WO 330.
- Service Medal & Award Rolls Index, First World War, WO 372.
- Indian Army: General Service Medal, WO 430
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