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*[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org Prisoners of the First World War - ICRC Archives]. Free online records of the International Committee of the Red Cross. These records may be quite complex to search, and there are many helpful hints about searching on the Great War Forum.<ref>David_Underdown et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/215376-red-cross-records-to-go-online-4-august/ Red Cross records to go online 4 August] ''Great War Forum'' 2 August 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2018. BillyH et al. [https://webwww.archivegreatwarforum.org/web/20160827022945/http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242522-icrc-records-help-please/ ICRC Records - Help please] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 201622 May 2018.</ref> There is also some information on the Long, Long Trail website - "Records of British prisoners of war 1914-1918" and "Making the most of the Red Cross prisoner of war records"<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/records-of-british-prisoners-of-war-1914-1918/ Records of British prisoners of war 1914-1918] and [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/records-of-british-prisoners-of-war-1914-1918/making-the-most-of-the-red-cross-prisoner-of-war-records/ Making the most of the Red Cross prisoner of war records] The Long, Long Trail.</ref>. The records include soldiers of the Indian Army taken as POWs on the Western Front and sent to Germany.

Generally arranged by Electoral District. Mainly contain military personnel, but also men and women who were engaged in war-related work who were still living away from home. Sources are major libraries and record offices nearest to the place in question. Some of these records are available online. The [[London Metropolitan Archives]] holds some AVLs to 1939.<ref>[https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Documents/10-electoral-registers-at-london-metropolitan-archives.pdf Electoral registers at London Metropolitan Archives: Information Leaflet Number 10]</ref>, however it appears that information such as a serviceman’s rank, unit and number, only appeared initially for a few years.<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-absent-voters-lists-1918-1921 Scroll to Discover more about these records] findmypast</ref> Note however these lists appear to have contained some errors when first compiled.<ref>Reeves, Terry. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums234798-compilation-of-absent-voters-lists/index.php?showtopicdo=234798findComment&pcomment=2362732 Compilation of Absent Voters Lists] ''Great War Forum'' 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 201622 May 2018.</ref>

**[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/britmilhist/scopecollections/scopebritmilhist.html Scope of the Collections for British Military History, 1801-1945] Details specialist, non-newspaper publications of particular interest to military history researchers held by British Library Newspapers such as the ''Army and Navy Gazette'', published from 1860.

***Databases based on the publications ''The Bond of Sacrifice: a Biographical Record of all British officers who fell in the Great War'' (2 Volumes); ''Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19'' (80 Volumes, HMSO, see titles of the Volumes<ref>[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/292837?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch Library catalogue entry for ''Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919'']</ref>) and ''Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19'' (the latter two, one database); ''The Roll of Honour. A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war'' by the Marquis De Ruvigny (5 Volumes). Databases 2 and 3 are also available on Ancestry.

***"British Army, Deserters and Absentees In Police Gazette 1914-1919". Selected dates only, not a complete range.<ref>Stewart, Graham. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums230741-new-on-findmypast-deserters-and-absentees-police-gazette-1914-1919/index.php?showtopicdo=230741findComment&pcomment=2296337 New on Findmypast - Deserters and Absentees, Police Gazette, 1914-1919] ''Great War Forum'' 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 201522 May 2018.</ref>

*'''Forces War Records''', a pay website, includes the database "Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1 Collection",<ref> [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/military-hospital-records Search the Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1 Collection] and [http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/blog/2014/11/12/mh106-the-challenges-of-making-these-wwi-medical-records-available-online? Article about the digitisation] forces-war-records.co.uk</ref>consisting of transcriptions taken from TNA records [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10949 MH 106: War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen]. It is possible that the FWR database is only a selection of records from MH 106, which in turn is only a sample.<ref>TEW [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/234729-military-hospitals-admission-and-discharge-register-forces-war-record/index.php?showtopicdo=234729findComment&pcomment=2345354 Military Hospitals Admission and Discharge Register: Forces War Record] ''Great War Forum'' 25 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 201522 May 2018.</ref>. Some images from this record series are available on findmypast, refer above, but Forces War Records appears to have more records in its database.