We hold a vast collection of documents, letters, diaries, maps and photographs from the First World War, many of which have been digitised and can be searched and downloaded online.
Army
- Prisoner of war interview reports 1914-1918
- British Army medal index cards 1914-1920
- Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps service records 1917-1920
- British Army nurses’ service records 1914-1918
- British Army war diaries 1914-1922
- Victoria Cross registers 1856-1944
- Soldiers’ service records
- Soldiers’ pension records
- Household Cavalry soldiers’ service records 1799-1920
Air Force
- Royal Air Force officers’ service records 1918-1919
- Women’s Royal Air Force service records 1918-1920
Navy
- Royal Navy ratings’ service records 1853-1928
- Royal Navy officers’ service records 1756-1931
- Royal Naval Air Service officers’ service records 1906-1918
- Women’s Royal Naval service records 1917-1919
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922
- Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1919
- Royal Navy officers’ service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920
- Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955