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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] Findmypast</ref> located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records which contains the above records, excluding the First World War records and the 'Scots Guards Service Records'.
Additional separate databasesinclude:
*'''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>. More records were added c 27 Jan. 2023 "covering honours, casualties, attestations and more".
:'''British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 Image Browse'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-coldstream-guards-1800-1947-image-browse British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 Image Browse] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records, introduced 23 April 2021.
*'''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] Findmypast.</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, Royal Engineers 1900-1949'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-army-royal-engineers-1900-1949 British Army, Royal Engineers 1900-1949] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. These records are Tracer cards which plot a soldier’s movements within and between regiments and most are for the years 1939-1945.
*'''British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-army-royal-engineers-other-ranks-casualty-cards British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. These cards cover casualties during and after World War 2. An example card shows hospital admissions. Elsewhere Casualty records may list those missing, wounded, taken prisoner, killed in action or who died, but it is not clear whether these events are included on these cards.
*'''British Army, Honourable Artillery Company'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-army-honourable-artillery-company British Army, Honourable Artillery Company] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records.
: Also "British Army, Honourable Artillery Company, Cardew-Rendle Roll Of Members 1537-1908" <ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-army-honourable-artillery-company-cardew-rendle-roll-of-members-1537-1908 British Army, Honourable Artillery Company, Cardew-Rendle Roll Of Members 1537-1908] Findmypast.</ref> and "British Army, Honourable Artillery Company Journal 1923-2021".
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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