Obtaining Service Records

Unfortunately we are not permitted to hold personal service records in the Royal Artillery Library or Archives. Such records of individual service as survive are held either by the Ministry of Defence or the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) at Kew.

For Service up to the end of World War 1

For Service after World War 1

You may also find further information for war service (in the two World Wars only) in the unit War Diaries, which are held by the National Archives at Kew. Another option is to do the research in our Reading Room, using the ‘second copy' versions of the War Diaries which are held in our archives. Occasionally we are also able to identify collections of letters, diaries and photographs which may also be of relevance from the numerous soldiers' papers in our archives.

Information about the medal entitlement of an individual can be obtained by application to the following:

Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency
Ministry of Defence Medal Office
Building 250
Royal Air Force Innsworth
Gloucester GL3 1EZ

• Do Your Own Research
• Obtaining Service Records
• - To The End Of World War 1
• - For Service After World War 1
• Our Research Policy
• Clavell Library