Search British Army Records & Regimental Histories

Each record is available in a PDF format. Use the previous and next buttons at the top of the page to browse through the publication. The PDF search experience can be different from searching transcribed records. Use our search tips below to get the most out of this collection.

To the left of the PDF, you will find the Transcription Box, which includes:

• Publication – the title of the publication
• Country
• Image number
• Image Count

Image number and image count – this will tell you where you are in the publication and help you to explore the publication further.

Regimental histories are an excellent resource for discovering more about your ancestor’s military career. You can discover where the regiment was stationed, read dispatches from the First World War and records of the deeds and achievements of the British Army.

This collection comprises of the following publications:

• The 1st Battalion Royal Scots in South Africa, 1899-1902 – edited by Captain J H Cuthbert. It is an illustrated record of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards during the South African War. So many of the officers carried cameras that it was decided that on the return of the battalion a collection of the photographs take should be made, and a selection from them should be brought out in book form.
• The CIV and the War - Illustrated Souvenir of the City of London Imperial Volunteers published by City Press. As quoted at the beginning of the publication, ‘The history of the City of London Imperial Volunteers for service in South Africa is of a very interesting character and well illustrates the loyal feeling that always animates the Corporation and the citizens in times of emergency.
• The Green Howards in The Great War - written by Colonel H C Wylly, CB and published in 1926. The publication includes the history of the Green Howards in the First World War, where they fought on almost every front, and the Third Afghan War of 1919.
• The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment 1914-1918 – edited by Major-General C R Simpson, CB. Colonel of the Regiment with a forward by The Earl of Yarborough, O.C. The works are compiled from war diaries, despatches, officers’ notes, and other sources
• The Journal of the CIV in South Africa - Written by Major General W H Mackinnon C.B., Commandant of the Corps and published in 1901. Major General Mackinnon begins his preface with the following; ‘Originally intended for private circulation only, the Journal was published at the request of many members of the Regiment.

It has been kept regularly from day to day, and the distances, &c., have been checked with the notes made by Staff and other Officers’.