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    • Volunteers and Work Experience Students
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    • Scattering the ashes
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Tips on research

Every case is slightly different but to get you started there are certain paths that you need to explore; if in doubt do please get in touch with us.

  • There is no such thing as a definitive list of all those who served in the Royal Hampshire Regiment.

    It is therefore helpful to have a little knowledge before you start your research as to where you may find the answers to your questions.

    It is also important to note that the Museum in Serle’s House does not hold the Service Records of former soldiers.

    Service Records
    For those soldiers whose service ended before 1920 the National Archives at Kew is the depository.
    The National Archives
    Ruskin Ave, Kew
    Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
    Tel: 020 8876 3444
    www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

    The National Archives hold:

    • Records of officers and soldiers of the British Army from 1770 to 1992
    • World War 1 Medal Rolls and Medal Index Cards
    • Pension Records
    • Censuses

    For those soldiers whose service ended after 1920, the Army Personnel Centre holds the records:

    The Army Personnel Centre,

    MS Support Unit, P&D Branch,  Historical Disclosures, MP 555, Kentigern House,

    65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX

     

    www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/overview
    This link will give you the instruction on applying for a relative’s Service Record. It is essential that you have their regiment and personal number. The Museum can help to confirm these things.

  • Medals
    The MOD Medal Office handles requests for issue of and replacement of medals.
    The MOD Medal Office
    Innsworth House
    Imjin Barracks
    Gloucester GL3 1HW
    Tel: 0141 224 3600
    JPAC@spva.mod.uk

    Casualties
    The CWGC Register (Roll of Honour) is available on their website. This provides information about name, rank, age, regiment, date of death and place and also where a soldier is buried or commemorated

    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    2 Marlow Road
    Maidenhead
    Berkshire SL6 7DX
    Tel: 01628 634221
    www.cwgc.org

    Regimental Museums
    For details of all Regimental Museums in the UK see the website of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
    www.armymuseums.org.uk

    Useful publications (held by the museum):

    Regimental History the Royal Hampshire Regiment 1702-1914 by C T Atkinson
    The Hampshire Regiment 1914 – 1918 by C T Atkinson
    The Royal Hampshire Regiment 1918 – 1954 by David Scott Daniell
    The Hampshire Tigers by Bryan Perrett (1954 – 1992)
    History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Record of Units 1914 – 1919
    The War History of the 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment 1939 – 1946 by IPB Taylor
    ‘At the Trail’ the history of 8th Battalion (Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) The Hampshire Regiment

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The Royal Hampshire Regiment Trust
Serle's House
Southgate Street
Winchester
Hampshire SO23 9EG

01962 863658
museum@royalhampshireregiment.org

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