
Workplace records are often useful sources of information, with large companies such as the Post Office and railway companies maintaining good records, and producing magazines to keep their employees in touch with one another. Many professional organisations and schools also did this. Find an Archive Facility on the National Archive Website.
Look at our catalogue to see what published sources are held here. You can also make an appointment to visit our Research Room.
Useful Links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
General Register Office for Scotland
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Defence Medal Applications,
Civil Contingencies Secretariat,
Cabinet Office,
35 Great Smith Street,
London
SW1P 3BQ
British Red Cross Museum and Archives,
The Museum of the Order of St John
WRVS Archive and Heritage Collection
The Metropolitan Police Heritage Centre
Army Personnel Centre,
Disclosures 4,
MP 555, Kentigern House,
65 Brown Street,
Glasgow
G2 8EX
Ministry of Defence Medal Office,
Building 250,
Imjin Barracks,
Innsworth,
Gloucester
GL3 1HW
The National Records of Scotland
The Evacuees Reunion Association
Research Centre for Evacuee and War Child Studies Archives
University Museums and Special Collections Service,
University of Reading
Redlands Road
Reading
RG1 5EX
01183 788660
specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
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