When do you need us?
There are two primary reasons why you might need to engage our help in researching your soldier.
You can not get to the archives
Despite rapid digitisation and access through the internet, many of the important documents are held in archives that you may not find easy or economic to visit. You may not have time; travel costs would render a trip not worthwhile; you’re not sure what to look for anyway.
This is our natural home: the National Archives at Kew, London. Most of our archival search work takes place here, but on occasion it takes us to the British Library, Imperial War Museum or other places.
You do not understand what military documents tell you
Even if you can find them yourself, military documents can be very difficult to understand. They are full of codes, abbreviations, acronyms, numbers, squiggles and everything designed to stop you understanding them.
This is where we come in. Over 25 years of experience; 2500 similar projects – and you learn quite a lot! Whether you have found documents or we have found them for you, we’ll interpret the tiniest detail and turn it into a clear narrative so that you really understand the man’s career.
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