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Army Records

The following series of Army records are available to download from DocumentsOnline. Select the headings to be taken to an in depth guide to each series.

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Also available

The National Archives has digitised some of the individual documents which are most frequently ordered by our readers. Some of these documents are single pieces within a series. The documents available for download include:

  • Waterloo Medal Book (MINT 16/112)
    Until the beginning of the 19th century, a coronation had been the sole standard occasion for the creation and distribution of an official medal. The issue of official medals began to be extended with the award of the Waterloo Medal, which set the precedent for the award of general service and campaign medals for the Navy and Army. The Waterloo Medal Book is a record of the Corps and Regiments engaged in the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). It lists the name and rank of officers and men


  • Silver War Badge: Officers (WO 329/3247)

    • This records the names of officers who served in the Army or Royal Flying Corps in the First World War to whom the issue of Silver War badges had been approved. The Badge was awarded to all military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war, either at home or overseas. Name, rank, corps, certificate number and address of the officers are given.

    These files are part of the series WO 329 which contains the ‘Medal Rolls’. The Medal Rolls record the entitlement to service medals and awards of the First World War. Most pieces concern those serving in the Army although some refer to the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force or to civilians in military establishments.


  • Selected Second World War Escape and Evasion Reports

    These Prisoner of War reports are listed by the name of the person making the statement, the date of the interview and the individual report number (as it appears in the report, example MI9/SPG: 1402). In addition to prisoner of war accounts, the reports include dates of capture and escape and personal information such as civilian occupation and home address.

    The volumes available are: WO 208/3307, WO 208/3315, WO 208/3320, WO 208/3322, WO 208/3324, WO 208/3325

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