Military Timeline: Research ancestors who served in the armed forces or whose lives were affected by war.

Using the Timeline: Click on an event for more information, including related archives and records. A document icon appears below an event if further information is available on another timeline. These are colour coded by theme: Working Life , Migration and Family Secrets

Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815 Battle of Trafalgar 1805 Battle of Waterloo 1815 First Afghan War 1839-1842 Crimean War 1854-1856 Indian Mutiny 1857-1858 Zulu War 1879 Boer War 1899-1902 World War One 1914-1918 Battle of Jutland 1916 Formation of RAF 1918 World War Two 1939-1945 Evacuation of Dunkirk 1940 Battle of Britain 1940 D-Day 1944 Korean War 1950-1953 Falklands War 1982 First Gulf War 1990-1991