Earlier this week saw the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Royal Flying Corps, so as a tip of the hat to the pioneers of British military aviation, I thought I would write a few words on how to uncover your aviation heroes. But first a history of the RFC in about 3 paragraphs: [...]

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That’s right, for all orders placed before midnight on Bank Holiday Monday, the cost to fully research any soldier that fought before 1922 will be ten pounds (plus photocopies and postage). Also, you can also order my book: ‘Winners of the Military Cross During the Great War’ (Volume 1) for a 50% off fee of [...]

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I get a large number of enquiries from people asking me to help them research their ancestors who fought in WW2. Unfortunately there is only a limited amount of help any researcher can do with this campaign, due to the fact that the MoD still hold the service records of all soldiers of this era. [...]

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In an effort to reduce running costs by 10% by next year, the National Archives has announced a number of significant changes. From 2010 the plans are to reduce opening times by closing on Mondays, limit access to original documents that are available online and make a number of members of staff redundent (around 35% [...]

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