New Second World War records on Ancestry

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British Army World War II Medal Cards (approx 1.7 million records)
This collection contains an index of cards with information about medals awarded by the British Army for service during the Second World War. Records include a link to the image available on Forces War Records and Fold3. Some of these records are closed or redacted to protect the privacy of living people.

REME Service Records 1942-1959 (approx 130,000 records)
Only records of service members born over 100 years ago have been published, with more released annually as they exceed 100 years since birth.

Selected Smaller Units Service Records 1921-1959 (approx 230,000 records)
This collection contains military service records for members of the British armed forces created between 1921 and 1959. A majority of the records are related to the discharge of over-age personnel who served during the Second World War between 1939 and 1945.
This collection includes service records from the following Corps:
Army Air Corps Royal
Army Veterinary Corps
Royal Military Police (or Corps of Military Police)
Royal Army Pay Corps
Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Military Provost Staff Corps
Royal Corps of Army Music
Royal Army Education Corps
Royal Pioneer Corps
Intelligence Corps
Officer Training Corps
Non-Combatant Corps

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