Regimental Chronicles

Regimental Chronicles

Regimental chronicles, or journals, are extremely useful in helping us to understand where our British Army ancestors served and what they did. Many line infantry and cavalry regiments published annual chronicles, and Historic Records Limited has digitised complete or near complete runs of a number of these. We are always interested in acquiring more runs to add to our growing collection.

At the time of writing we have digitised the following:

  • King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1900-1965
  • Light Bob Gazette (Somerset Light Infantry) 1905-1912
  • Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle (later Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle) 1892-1965
  • Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1890-1965
  • Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) Annual 1909-1938
  • St George’s Gazette (Northumberland Fusiliers) 1902, & 1910-1920
  • The Royal Green Jackets 1966-2002

In addition, we have also digitised a number of photographic albums for the following units:

  • 2nd Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Malta 1913
  • 3rd Dragoon Guards, Cairo 1914
  • 1st East Lancashire Regiment, Poona 1929
  • 2nd Gordon Highlanders, Cairo 1914
  • 2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), Rawalpindi 1929
  • 1st Suffolk Regiment, Malta 1909
  • 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, Malta 1913

All digitised volumes have also been run through an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) programme which means that you can quickly identify the same named soldier in multiple volumes. Officers are always named, as are senior NCOs such as the Regimental Sergeant Major and Company Sergeant Majors. However, you may be lucky and find that other ranks are also named. As well as providing good detail about where a particular battalion was stationed there may also be fascinating trivia which can really help bring a family tree to life.

The photo on this page shows men of the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade and dates to 1905 when the battalion was stationed at Malta. These men, all named, and all wearing marksmen’s badges on their lower left sleeves, wear the distinctive and unloved Brodrick Cap which had been introduced in 1902 and, to great relief, would be virtually phased out in the army by 1907.

For more information about the Historic Records Regimental Chronicle collection, and to explore licensing options, please contact us.

Regimental Chronicles

Regimental Chronicles

Regimental chronicles, or journals, are extremely useful in helping us to understand where our British Army ancestors served and what they did. Many line infantry and cavalry regiments published annual chronicles, and Historic Records Limited has digitised complete or near complete runs of a number of these. We are always interested in acquiring more runs to add to our growing collection.

At the time of writing we have digitised the following:

In addition, we have also digitised a number of photographic albums for the following units:

All digitised volumes have also been run through an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) programme which means that you can quickly identify the same named soldier in multiple volumes. Officers are always named, as are senior NCOs such as the Regimental Sergeant Major and Company Sergeant Majors. However, you may be lucky and find that other ranks are also named. As well as providing good detail about where a particular battalion was stationed there may also be fascinating trivia which can really help bring a family tree to life.

The photo on this page shows men of the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade and dates to 1905 when the battalion was stationed at Malta. These men, all named, and all wearing marksmen’s badges on their lower left sleeves, wear the distinctive and unloved Brodrick Cap which had been introduced in 1902 and, to great relief, would be virtually phased out in the army by 1907.

For more information about the Historic Records Regimental Chronicle collection, and to explore licensing options, please contact us.