War

First World War

We hold records on the government’s response to the State at war during the First World War and consequent years, as well as general records during that time.

Finding First World War records

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If you know the name and location of the person you are looking for, you can view our war records by searching the indexes below.  You can also conduct a topic search.

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ArchivesSearch provides access to our collection of records, including documents, letters, maps, plans and images. For help with searching, read the ArchivesSearch help guide. If you are looking for records about the First World War, try entering one of the terms below into ArchivesSearch:

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Archival research terms

Record—information of permanent and historic value, often in paper-based form (e.g. a letter, photograph, a map), but can also be a CD, a film or a digital file

Item—a single record or many records, e.g. an item may be a single architectural drawing, a 500-page leather-bound book, or a bundle of correspondence (letters, telegrams, reports)

Series—a group of related items created, received, or used in the same activity

Agency—the Government Agency responsible for creating a series. For example, the Department of Education is the Government agency who created a series of School Admission registers for Runcorn State School. An admission register for Runcorn State School would be considered an item within that series.

Last updated:
1 July 2024