22732 Private John Young served King and Country during the First World War with the Essex Regiment. You can access this person's medal index card via...MORE
43764 Private John Young served King and Country during the First World War with the Essex Regiment. You can access this person's medal index card via...MORE
1975 Private John Young was serving with the 44th (The East Essex) Regiment of Foot when the 1851 census was taken. This information about him is take...MORE
3574 Private John Young was serving with the 44th (The East Essex) Regiment of Foot when the 1851 census was taken. This information about him is take...MORE
1474 Private John Young was serving with the 56th (The West Essex) Regiment of Foot when the 1851 census was taken. This information about him is take...MORE
34207 John Young served with the Essex Regiment during the First World War. Our records indicate that there are one or more papers for this man in se...MORE
4360 John Joseph Young was a career soldier who served with the Essex Regiment. There are papers for this man in army series WO 97 (soldiers' service...MORE
65089 Private John W Young served King and Country during the First World War with the North Staffordshire Regiment. You can access this person's meda...MORE
5949 Private Joseph Young served King and Country during the First World War with the Essex Regiment. You can access this person's medal index card vi...MORE
1588 Private Joseph Young was serving with the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot when the 1871 census was taken. This information about him is taken ...MORE
Launched in 2017, British Army Ancestors is a FREE site with a simple aim: to find or add photographs of British Army soldiers.
These six different avatars that you will find in search results identify the approximate periods of service of the individuals concerned.
On this British Army Ancestors website you will find over 12m records which have been collated from many sources. Search the database to add a photo or search the database simply to discover which records are available. Clicking the dark blue links in search results will take you to original records or transcriptions which are owned by third party partners such as The National Archives or Findmypast where payment may be required. The data on this site currently covers the date range 1850 to 1947.
The avatars on this site are intended as a guide for you and represent the British soldier throughout history. For example, if the red-jacketed soldier appears in your search results, this is an indication that this man probably served between 1850 and 1902.
SEARCH for a soldier, UPLOAD a photograph, REMEMBER the individual. There are millions of searchable names on British Army Ancestors and thousands of photographs covering conflicts from the Crimean War to the Second World War. HUNDREDS of new photographs are being added every week. Have you found your British Army Ancestor yet?
There are over 12 million names on the British Army Ancestors website and searching is easy and fast. Use the wildcard asterisk * to focus your search results. Searching is free but you will need to REGISTER in order to upload photographs or download existing images.
This website is regularly updated and new features announced on the British Army Ancestors blog. Remember too to check out the British Army Ancestors Facebook page which features a different person every day.
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NOTE There is also a RESEARCH button against every returned result on this site. Click on this button to find out more about research services for individual soldiers.
There are currently 106498 photos of British Army soldiers published on this website
