Sources for Military Research

• Imperial War Museum

• DLI Museum

• Durham County Record Office

• London Gazette

• National Archives (or Ancestry) - for medal cards, military service/pension records pre-1920, and also War Diaries.

• Search for Memorials - Nationally on UK NIWM project or locally with NEWMP

• Search for named casualties with Commonwealth War Graves Commission, CWGC or the Roll of Honour.

• Great War Forum

• Information on Battlefields - the Old Front Line 

A fascinating introduction to the military history (WW I) of County Durham is available here.

If you want to research Military History for genealogy purposes, start with this new website; UK-MFH.