Research Sources
The illustrations below show some of the sources called upon when researching a soldier. Differing information is available for each soldier depending on the nationality and rank of the soldier, the efforts of WW2 bombers and the skills of a host of filing clerks and data inputers.

Commonwealth War Grave Certificate

Census Record

CWGC Concentration Report

Medal Index Card

UK Brigade War Diary

UK Battalion War Diary

Trench Map

Service Records

Soldier’s Effects Receipts

Attestation Papers

Official Histories

Division Histories

Death Report

Battalion Histories

London Gazette Citations

Family History Society Photograph

Silver War Badge Certificate

Australian Red CRoss Record

International Red Cross Records

Personal Diaries