Research Archives - Football and the First World War

Order of Battle 1914-1918

ORDERS OF BATTLE 1914-1918 Order of Battle of the Divisions Part 1 – The Regular British Divisions Order of Battle of the Divisions Part 2A – The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st Line Territorial Force Divisions (42-56) Order of Battle of the Divisions Part 2B – The 2nd Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th-69th) […]

British Army Divisional Histories 1914-1918

BRITISH ARMY DIVISIONAL HISTORIES 1914-1919 Guards – History of the Guards Division in the Great War, 1915-1918 Volume I Guards – History of the Guards Division in the Great War, 1915-1918 Volume II 2 – The History of the Second Division 1914-1918 Volume 1 – Everard Wyrall 2 – The History of the Second Division […]

Encyclopedia of World War One

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITISH MILITARY FORCES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR The British Army The Royal Navy The Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force The Mercantile Marine Theatres of War Battles and Engagements Uniform and Equipment Weapons British Campaign Medals Decorations and Gallantry Awards Service Records Casualties

Operational Theatres of War and Codes

The British Army assigned alphanumeric codes to each operational theatre of war it fought in during World War One. These codes are most commonly found on Medal Index Cards and Rolls and usually corresponds to the theatre of war a soldier first served in. These alphanumeric differ slightly depending on when an individual first entered an operational theatre […]