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→Army personnel serving after January 1921
:'''Update''': 2018, May. Foot Guards Regiments service records are a separate category and all, (including pre 1921 records), were moved from regimental archives to the Ministry of Defence, August 2017-May 2018, except for Scots Guards service records, which remain in the regimental archives. (Pre 1921 Scots Guards service records are thought to eventually be going to National Records of Scotland, in Edinburgh).
: '''Update''': In February 2021, the MOD began transferring 9.7 million military records for individuals with a discharge date before 31 December 1963 to The National Archives, so the records may be accessible there in the future.<ref>[https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/military/second-world-war-army-records/ "Second World War Army records: Where to find them"] by Phil Tomaselli
May 6, 2021 ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' Magazine /Discover your past/ Military whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com .</ref> However currently (2021/07/25) there is no mention of this on the gov.uk website mentioned a few paragraphs below.: '''Update''' 17 August 2021, . The National Archives News release. The records included in this collection cover personnel in all three services, Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, where the individual has '''a date of birth prior to or up to 1939''', and closure will apply until 115 years past the date of birth of the individual. The records will be transferred to Kew in batches over the next 6 years.<ref>[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/mod-records-project/ MOD Records Project] nationalarchives.gov.uk .<br>Norfolk Nan et al. [https://www.whowhenwheregenealogy.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=498 Military Service Records - Any Progress?] ''Who When Where Board'' from 8 October 2021."RAF records will be sent in first".</ref>
:'''Update''' 5 April 2022. The first MOD Service Records are now available, which are Second World War records in the National Archives series WO 420<ref>
[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/first-mod-service-personnel-records-now-available/ First MOD Service Personnel Records Now Available] 5 April 2022. nationalarchives.gov.uk<br> [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C17508500 WO 420 The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Other Ranks: Service Records 1942-1963]</ref>, aspects are set out in [https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/mod-service-records-collection-faqs.pdf The MOD Service Records Collection] (TNA). Also available WO 421<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C17682287 WO 421 Selected Smaller Corps Other Ranks: Service Records 1939-1963]</ref> from 22 June 2022, and WO 422 <ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17866205 WO 422 War Office: Infantry Over Age Other Ranks: Service Records, Second World War] Possibly from MOD account code 11010.</ref> from October 2022.
:'''Update''' 2 March 2023. The National Archives announced on Twitter that the contract to digitise the first tranche of (MOD) service personnel records had been awarded to Ancestry UK.
Note however that some records may not have survived, such as some records for those who were awarded a disability pension,<ref>
