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Sources
For all British & Commonwealth servicemen
the primary (available) sources have been:
General & professional biographical reference works:
Nobility:
Military:
Armed services lists:
Commonwealth forces:
Civil servants:
School / college (memorial) registers:
• | Roll of Honour : a tribute to the Former Pupils of the Aberdeen Grammar School who were killed on active service or who died through enemy action 1939-1945 | (1950) | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
• | The History and Register of Aldenham School, 8th ed. | (1948) | Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England | ||
• | The Register of Aldenham School, 9th. ed. | (1959) | Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England | ||
• | The History and Register of Aldenham School, 10th ed. | (1969) | Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England | ||
• | The Balliol College Register, 1916-1967 [University of Oxford] | (1969) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Balliol College Register, 1940-1990 [University of Oxford] | (1993) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | Old Girls in New Times : the story of some of the work done by the Old Girls of Bedford High School during six years of war, 1939-1945 | (1945) | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | ||
• | The Register of Blundell's School, 1882-1932 | (1932) | Tiverton, Devon, England | ||
• | Bootham School Register | (1971) | York, North Yorkshire, England | ||
• | The Bradfield College Register | (1964) | Bradfield, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Brighton College Register (1847-1922) | (1922) | Brighton, East Sussex, England | ||
• | The Historical Register of the University of Cambridge, Supplement 1941-50 | (1952) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
• | The Campbell College Register, 1894-1954 | (1954) | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
• | Charterhouse Register, 1925-1975 | (1980) | Godalming, Surrey, England | ||
• | Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1919 Additions and Corrections, 1919-1951 | (1953) | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||
• | Cheltenham College Who's Who | (1989) | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||
• | Clifton College Register, 1862 to 1947 | (1948) | Clifton, Bristol, Avon, England | ||
• | Clifton College Register, 1862 to 1962 | (1962) | Clifton, Bristol, Avon, England | ||
• | Corpus Christi College Oxford Biographical Register, 1880-1974 [University of Oxford] | (1988) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Denstone Register, 1873-1930 [Denstone College] | (1932) | Denstone, Staffordshire, England | ||
• | The Denstone Register. Vol. II: 1931-1952 (inclusive) [Denstone College] | (1957) | Denstone, Staffordshire, England | ||
• | Dover College Register, Centenary Edition October 1871-July 1971 | (1971) | Dover, Kent, England | ||
• | Downside and the War (No. 3, July 1945) [Downside School] | (1945) | Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England | ||
• | Memorials of the Old Boys of The Dragon School Oxford who gave their Lives in the War of 1939-1945 | (1948) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | Dulwich College Register 1619 to 1926 | (1926) | Dulwich, London, England | ||
• | Dulwich College War Record 1939-1945 | (1949) | Dulwich, London, England | ||
• | Durham School Register to December 1939 | (1940) | Durham, Co. Durham, England | ||
• | Epsom College Register from October, 1855, to December, 1924 | (1925) | Epsom, Surrey, England | ||
• | Epsom College Register 1855-1954 | (1955) | Epsom, Surrey, England | ||
• | The Eton Register 1893-1899 [Eton College] | (1901) | Eton, nr Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||
• | The Eton School Register Pt. VII: 1899-1909 [Eton College] | (1922) | Eton, nr Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||
• | The Eton Register Pt. VIII: 1909-1919 [Eton College] | (1932) | Eton, nr Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||
• | List of Etonians who fought in the World War 1939-1945 [Eton College] | (1950) | Eton, nr Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Alumni Felstedienses April 1890-September 1963 [Felsted School] | (1963) | Dunmow, Essex, England | ||
• | The Fettes College Register 1870 to 1953 | (1954) | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Old Fettesians who served in His Majesty's Forces during the War 1939-1945 [Fettes College] | (1948) | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | George Heriot's School Roll of Honour 1939-1945 | (1950) | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | The Watsonian War Record 1939-1945 [George Watson's College] | (1951) | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Girton College Register 1869-1946 [University of Cambridge] | (1948) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
• | The Glasgow Academy Roll of Service 1939-1945 | (1951) | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
• | The Book of Service and Remembrance 1939-1945 The High School of Glasgow | (1948) | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
• | Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College [University of Cambridge], Vol. VI: Admissions from 1933 to 1956 | (1958) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
• | Greenbank School, Liverpool, 1888 to 1912 A.D. | (1939) | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||
• | Haileybury Register 1862-1946 [Hailebury and Imperial Service College] | (1946) | Hertford Heath, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England | ||
• | Haileybury Register 1862-1983 [Hailebury and Imperial Service College] | (1983) | Hertford Heath, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England | ||
• | Hamptonians at War : some war experiences of Old Boys of Hampton Grammar School | (1964) | Hampton, Middlesex, England | ||
• | The Harrow School Register 1885-1949 | (1951) | Harrow, NW London, England | ||
• | The Harrow School Register 1971 | (1971) | Harrow, NW London, England | ||
• | Highgate School Register 1838-1950 | (1950) | Highgate, London, England | ||
• | Hitchin Boys' School formerly Hitchin Grammar School : Book of Remembrance : Old Boys who gave their lives in the Wars 1939-1945, 1914-1918 | (1995) | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England | ||
• | The Imperial Service College Register | (1956) | Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||
• | The Keble College Centenary Register 1870-1970 [University of Oxford] | (1970) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | A Registers of Admissions to King's College Cambridge 1919-1958 [University of Cambridge] | (1963) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
• | King William's College Register 1886-1956 | (1959) | nr Castletown, Isle of Man | ||
• | The Lancing Register 3rd ed. Vol. II: May 1911 (continued) to end [1932] [Lancing College] | (1933) | Lancing, West Sussex, England | ||
• | The Loretto Register 1825 to 1964 [Loretto School] | (1966) | Musselburgh, nr Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | The Malvern College Register (Second Supplement 1949) | (1949) | Malvern, Worcestershire, England | ||
• | The Malvern College Register (Third Supplement 1977) | (1977) | Malvern, Worcestershire, England | ||
• | A Biographical Register of Old Mancunians 1888-1951, Manchester Grammar School | (1965) | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
• | A List of Old Malburians in the Navy, Army, and Air Force 1939-1945 [Marlborough College] | (1943) | Marlborough, Wiltshire, England | ||
• | Marlborough College Register 1933-1944 | (1945) | Marlborough, Wiltshire, England | ||
• | Marlborough College Register 1843-1952 | (1952) | Marlborough, Wiltshire, England | ||
• | Merchiston Castle School Register 1833 to 1950 | (1951) | Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Merchiston Castle School Register 1833 to 1962 | (1962) | Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Merchiston Castle School Register 1833 to 1974 | (1975) | Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Merchiston Castle School Roll of Honour 1939-45 | (1948) | Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Merton College Register, 1900-1964 [University of Oxford] | (1964) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | Merton College War Record 1939-1946 [University of Oxford] | (1947) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Book of Remembrance and War Record of Mill Hill School 1939-1945 | (1950) | Mill Hill, London, England | ||
• | Newnham College Register 1871-1950 (2 volumes) | (1963) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
• | Oundle Memorials of the Second World War 1939-1945 | (1958) | Oundle, Northamptonshire, England | ||
• | The Queen's College Register [University of Oxford] | (1970) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Queen's University of Belfast War Record 1939-1947 | (1948) | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
• | Repton School Register : Supplement to 1933 Edition | (1957) | Repton, Derbyshire, England | ||
• | Register of Rhodes Scholars 1903-1945 [University of Oxford] | (1950) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Rossall School Register 1881-1954 | (1956) | in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire, England | ||
• | The Rossall School Register 1910-1967 | (1968) | in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire, England | ||
• | Register of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle upon Tyne 1545-1954 | (1955) | Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | ||
• | Roll of Honour of the Royal High School of Edinburgh, 1939-1945 | (1949) | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
• | Rugby School Register 1882-1921 | (1929) | Rugby, Warwickshire, England | ||
• | Rugby School Register 1911-1946 | (1957) | Rugby, Warwickshire, England | ||
• | Rugby School Who's Who | (1975) | Rugby, Warwickshire, England | ||
• | Old Aloysians in the World War [1939-1945] [St. Aloysius' College] | (1951) | Garnethill, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
• | St. Edmund Hall Oxford Who's Who | (1995) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Roll of St. Edward's School 1863-1949 | (1951) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | St. Peter's College Radley Register 1847-1947 | (1947) | Radley, nr Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | St. Peter's College Radley Register 1847-1962 | (1965) | Radley, nr Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Sedbergh School Register 1877 to 1928 | (1930) | Sedbergh, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England | ||
• | A Book of Remembrance : a tribute to perpetuate the memories of Old Boys of Selhurst Grammar School who lost their lives in the fight for freedom and in the service of their country during the War of 1939 to 1945 and to commemorate their contribution towards the achievement of victory | (1946?) | Croydon, London, England | ||
• | Shebbear College Roll of Honour 1939-1945 | (1946) | Shebbear, Devon, England | ||
• | The Sherborne Register 1550-1937 [Sherborne School] | (1937) | Sherborne, Dorset, England | ||
• | The Sherborne Register 1550-1950 [Sherborne School] | (1950) | Sherborne, Dorset, England | ||
• | Shrewsbury School Register Vol. II: 1908 to 1958 | (1964) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England | ||
• | A Stowe Register 1923-1967 [Stowe School] | (1967) | Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England | ||
• | The Summer Fields Register 1864-1960 [Summer Fields Preparatory School] | (1960) | Summertown, Oxfordshire, England | ||
• | The Register of Tonbridge School from 1861 to 1945 | (1951) | Tonbridge, Kent, England | ||
• | The Register of Tonbridge School from 1900 to 1965 | (1966) | Tonbridge, Kent, England | ||
• | Register of the Alumni of Trinity College Dublin | (1970) | Dublin, Ireland | ||
• | Trinity College, Glenalmond School List, 1847-1937 | (1937) | Glenalmond, Perth and Kinross, Scotland | ||
• | Roll of the Graduates of the University of Aberdeen 1926-1955 | (1960) | Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | ||
• | The University of Manchester at War 1939-1946 | (2001) | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
• | University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945 | (1994) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
• | Uppingham School Roll 1853-1947 | (1948) | Uppingham, Rutland, England | ||
• | Uppingham School Roll 1888-1960 | (1962) | Uppingham, Rutland, England | ||
• | Uppingham School Roll 1900-1972 | (1974) | Uppingham, Rutland, England | ||
• | Wellington College Alphabetical List, Roll, and List of Boys Arranged in Dormitories and Houses 1944 | (1944) | Crowthorne, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Wellington College Register January 1859-December 1948 | (1951) | Crowthorne, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Wellington College Register January 1859-December 1973 | (1975) | Crowthorne, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Wellington College Register January 1859-December 1984 | (1985) | Crowthorne, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Wellington College Register January 1859-June 1996 | (1997) | Crowthorne, Berkshire, England | ||
• | Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945 | (1949) | Crowthorne, Berkshire, England | ||
• | The Record of Old Westminsters [Westminster School 1883-1960] | (1963) | Westminster, London, England | ||
• | Winchester College : a Register for the Years 1915 to 1960 | (1974) | Winchester, Hampshire, England | ||
• | Winchester College : a Register for the Years 1901 to 1946 | (1956) | Winchester, Hampshire, England | ||
• | Wykehamist War Service Record and Roll of Honour [Winchester College] | (1947) | Winchester, Hampshire, England | ||
• | The Woodhouse Log : the Magazine of the Woodhouse School, Finchley 1944 | (1944) | Finchley, Barnet, London, England | ||
• | A Register of Old Wycliffians 1882-1958 [Wycliffe College] | (1959) | Stonehouse, nr Stroud, Gloucestershire, England |
Memorial / service records (local, companies, professions, population groups, etc.):
Company histories (with rolls of honour / service / honours & awards):
Awards / decorations:
Some websites that have been very useful in compiling these
pages:
Webmaster Hans Houterman is (co-)author of a number of books in the "St" book series.