RECORDS ONLINE

More thorough Victorian record keeping led to there being a wider range of sources for the 19th century

Ancestry ancestry.co.uk

Includes Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls 1793–1949 covering the colonial wars after 1842; Boer War casualties; Deserters 1812–1927; Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier discharge records 1760–1920 (you need to additionally subscribe to their Fold3 service to actually see the records).

Findmypast findmypast.co.uk

The site has army and militia discharge records for the period which can be viewed online; Boer War records compiled from a variety of sources; details of men of the 60th Foot 1854– 82; and ‘snapshots’ of the army (which it calls worldwide indexes) from 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871.

Forces War Records forces-war-records.co.uk

This site focuses on forces war records and military genealogy through various periods ranging from 1700 to 1945. Relevant to this era, you will find many transcribed medals rolls, as well as the Boer War casualty roll and details of soldiers who appear in the 1861 census.