More than two million service records of those who served in the British Army infantry division during the Second World War are now available on Ancestry and will be freely available to view in the lead-up to Remembrance Day.
Ancestry, working with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and The National Archives (TNA), has digitized and indexed the collection as part of a vast project to digitize WWII British Army service records as they are transferred from the MOD to TNA.
Free access to the military records will run from November 6 to 12 and will require free registration with the website. You do not need to sign up for a free trial to the subscription service, all you need is a ‘registered guest’ account.
As well as the newly released WWII records, registered users will have free access to almost seven billion military records including POW records and medal registers.
Learn more in this Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine article, and mark the free-access dates in your calendar.
