The Black Watch was an elite military Regiment whose history stretches back almost three centuries. This website aims to provide comprehensive information on everything 'Black Watch' from the history of the Regiment to its current activities and exists to celebrate and sustain that unique heritage and tradition.
Genealogy Research
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UK Army Lists
Records of army officers were kept as early as 1702. These lists named the officer, their regiment, and usually the date they received their current commission and when they retired. The first official Army list was published in 1740 and since 1754 they have been published regularly as annual lists (1754-1879) and quarterly lists (1879-1922). Since 1939 they have been classified and not available to the public. Some are now available here.
The Public Records Office
The National Advisory Services offer advice and guidance on all matters relating to the creation, management, care, and use of records and archives and all strategic issues arising from this.
The British Genealogy Site and Forum
British-Genealogy.com is dedicated to assisting people with their British family history research. Everything here is free!
The Army Children Archive
The Army Children Archive (TACA) was established to collect, record and preserve details of the unique aspects of growing up as the child of a serving soldier in the British Army, whether that growing up was done during the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth or the twenty-first century.
The Armed Forces Memorial
The Armed Forces Memorial is the first national memorial dedicated to the men and women of the United Kingdom Armed Forces (Regular and Reserve) killed on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the Second World War.
Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial commemorates nearly 150,000 Scottish casualties in the First World War, 1914 - 1918, over 50,000 in the Second World War, 1939 - 1945 and the campaigns since 1945, including the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and the Gulf War.
Non-World War Graves
This part of the Army website appears to have disappeared during the recent refurbishment. We are linking to it here in the hope it might reappear.
National Archives
The National Archives is at the heart of information policy - setting standards and supporting innovation in information and records management across the UK, and providing a practical framework of best practice for opening up and encouraging the re-use of public sector information.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organisation that was founded by Sir Fabian Ware.
British WWI Pension Records
Search census records to discover vital information about your ancestors such as their name, age, birth place, occupation, full street address, disabilities, and even details about their neighbours.
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