1404 Private William Young was serving with the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Regt of Foot when the 1871 census was taken. This information about him ...MORE
1040 Private William Young was serving with the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot when the 1871 census was taken. This information about him is taken...MORE
2075 Private William Young was serving with the 56th (The West Essex) Regiment of Foot when the 1851 census was taken. This information about him is t...MORE
32945 William 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...MORE
28552 William Young served with the Essex Regiment during the First World War. There are papers for this man in series WO 364 (soldiers' pension reco...MORE
3425 Private William A Young served King and Country during the First World War with the Bedfordshire Regiment. You can access this person's medal ind...MORE
3727 Private William A Young served King and Country during the First World War with the Essex Regiment. You can access this person's medal index card...MORE
204170 William Alan Young served with the Essex Regiment during the First World War. Our records indicate that there are one or more papers for this ...MORE
202804 William Alan Young served with the Essex Regiment during the First World War. Our records indicate that there are one or more papers for this ...MORE
2536 William Davenport Young served with the Essex Regiment during the First World War. Our records indicate that there are one or more papers for th...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
