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======Findmypast======
Findmypast, a pay website, contains a database '''British Army Service Records''',<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-service-records British Army Service Records] findmypastFindmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/ Regimental & Service Records, which contains records between 1760 and 1920, for officers and other ranks, mostly from The National Archives.
This database consists of
*WO 400 - The Household Cavalry 1801-1919
*'Scots Guards Enlistment Registers, 1799-1939' and 'Scots Guards Officer Enlistment Registers, 1642-1939'. These records come from the Scots Guards, not from the National Archives. Include images.
*Coldstream Guards 1800-1947. Comprises "many different regimental history records including Discharge Books, Courts Martial Book, Decorations and Rewards and Officers' Statements of Services". Also includes post WW1 enlistment registers.<ref>
Coldstreamer. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/281263-coldstream-gds-records-now-on-line-fmp/?do=findComment&comment=2884362 Coldstream Gds records now on line FMP] ''Great War Forum'' 6 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020</ref>
:See below for details of these records.
An associated database is '''British Army Service Records Image Browse''',<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-service-records-image-browse British Army Service Records Image Browse] findmypastFindmypast</ref> located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records which contains the above records, excluding the First World War and Coldstream Guards records.
Additional separate databases:
*'''British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947''', <ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-coldstream-guards-1800-1947 British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. Originally introduced as part of the database British Army Service Records above, but c 27 Nov. 2020 became a separate database. Comprises "many different regimental history records including Discharge Books, Courts Martial Book, Decorations and Rewards and Officers' Statements of Services". Also includes post WW1 enlistment registers.<ref>Coldstreamer. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/281263-coldstream-gds-records-now-on-line-fmp/?do=findComment&comment=2884362 Coldstream Gds records now on line FMP] ''Great War Forum'' 6 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020</ref>*'''British Army Officers' Widows' Pension Forms 1755-1908''',<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-officers-widows-pension-forms-1755-1908 British Army Officers' Widows' Pension Forms 1755-1908] findmypastFindmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict /Regimental & Service Records. These records are from the National Archives series [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14251 WO 42: War Office: Officers’ Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers], containing applications for a pension or a child’s compassionate allowance where an officer died on service or on half pay. Note, this record series may be downloaded free through TNA website.* '''British Army Pensioners - Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822''',<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-pensioners---royal-hospital-kilmainham-ireland-1783-1822 British Army Pensioners - Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822] findmypastFindmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict /Regimental & Service Records. These records are from the National Archives WO 119 records.*'''Surrey Recruitment Registers 1908-1933''',<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/surrey-recruitment-registers-1908-1933 Surrey Recruitment Registers 1908-1933] findmypastFindmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. Transcripts of original records from The Surrey History Centre.
Searching the records is free, but charges apply to view the records, although they can be viewed for free at TNA (and other institutions with a FMP subscription).
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