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CWGC ‘How to research…’ Guides – The First World War

Explore our bitesize guides, designed to help you research an individual who died in the First World War.

Commonwealth casualties of the First World War

These bitesize guides are designed to help you research an individual who died in the First World War. Firstly, you will need to decide who you will research… this might be a relative, or you could choose a name from a local WW1 memorial, or you might select a name from a Commonwealth War Graves (CWGC) headstone in one of our war cemeteries, or within a parish churchyard local to you.

These guides will take you step by step through your initial research, showing you how to search the CWGC war records and archives before making suggestions about where to discover additional information online.

Simply download the relevant guide and begin your journey of discovery
How to research… Army How to research… Air Force
How to research… Navy   How to research… Merchant Navy
How to research… Australian How to research… Canadian
How to research… New Zealander How to research… Undivided India
How to research… South African How to research… West Indies
How to research… Female WW1 Casualties How to research... African service personnel WW1
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