Military History
Contents
A to Z of Ex-Military Service Organisations
Airborne Forces Security Fund Browning Barracks Aldershot Hants, GU11 2BU Tel: 01252 320772 Fax: 01252 349203 email: abfsyfund@btopenworld.com Website: [www.parachute-regiment.com Parachute Regiment]
Aircrew Association 8 Warwick Close Orpington Kent BR6 9DU Tel: 01689 Aircrew Association 827356 Website: [www.aircrew.org.uk Aircrew Association]
Army Benevolent Fund 41 Queen's Gate South Kensington London SW7 5HR Tel: 0207 591 2000 Fax: 0207 7584 0889 Website: [www.armybenfund.org Army Benevolent Fund]
Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women Ajex House East Bank Stamford Hill London N16 5RT Tel: 020 8800 2844 Fax: 020 8880 1117 E-Mail: [email]ajexuk@talk21.com[/email] Website: [url]www.ajex.org.uk[/url]
Association of Royal Naval Officers ARNO 70 Porchester Terrace Bayswater London, W2 3TP Tel: 0207 402 5231 Fax: 0207 7402 5533 E-Mail: [email]ARNO@eurosurf.com[/email] Website: [url]www.eurosurf.com[/url]
The Army Central Fund Building 398B Trenchard Lines Upavon, Pewsey Wiltshire, SN9 6BE
Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps Association (ATS & WRAC) Benevolent Fund AGC Centre Worthy Centre Winchester Hampshire SO21 2RG Telephone Number: 01962 887612 Fax: 01962 887478
British Commonwealth Ex-Services League 48 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5JY Tel: 020 7973 7263 Fax: 020 7973 7308 E-Mail: [email]bmoore@commonwealthveterans.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.commonwealthveterans.org.uk[/url]
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association (BLESMA) Frankland Moore House 185-187 High Rd Chadwell Heath Romford Essex RM6 6NA Tel: 020 8590 1124 Fax: 020 8599 2932 E-Mail: [email]blesma185@btconnect.com[/email] Website: [url]www.blesma.org/[/url]
British Nuclear Test Veterans Association 13 Wetlands Lane Portishead Bristol Tel: 01275 848965 E-Mail: [email]secretary@bntva.com[/email] Website: [url]www.bntva.com[/url]
The Burma Star Association 4 Lower Belgrave Street London SW1W 0LA Tel: 0207 823 4273 Fax: 0207 730 7882 Website: [url]http://www.burmastar.org.uk/[/url]
Chaseley Trust The Chaseley Trust South Cliff Eastbourne BN20 7JH Tel: 01323 744200 Fax: 01323 744208 E-Mail: [email]info@chaseleytrust.org[/email]
The Earl Haig Fund Scotland, New Haig House Logie Green Road Edinburgh EH7 4HR Tel: 0131 5572782 Fax: 0131 557 5819 E-Mail: [email]reception@ehfs.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.poppyscotland.org.uk[/url]
Erskine Hospital Bishopton Renfrewshire PA7 5PU Tel: 0141 812 4286 Fax: 0141 812 3733 E-Mail: [email]enquiries@erskine.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.erskine.org.uk[/url]
The Ex-Service Fellowship Centres 8 Lower Grosvenor Place London SW1W 0EP Tel: 020 7828 2468 Fax: 020 7630 6784
Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society (Combat Stress) Tyrwhitt House Oaklawn Road Leatherhead Surrey KT22 OBX Tel: 01372 841600 Fax: 01372 841601 Website: [url]www.combatstress.com[/url]
The Fellowship of the Services 94 Sharrow Lane Sheffield S11 8AL Tel: 0114 255 8311
Forces Pensions Society 68 South Lambert Road Vauxhall London SW8 1RL Tel: 0207 820 9988 Fax: 0207 820 9948 Website: [url]www.forpen.co.uk/[/url]
King George's Fund For Sailors 8 Hatherley Street London SW1P 2YY Tel: 0207 932 0000 Fax: 0207 932 0095 E-Mail: [email]seafarers@kgfs.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.kgfs.org.uk/[/url]
Light Infantry Benevolent Association Regimental Headquarters The Light Infantry Peninsula Barracks Romsey Road Winchester Hants SO23 8TS Tel: 01962 828529/30 Fax: 01926 828534
Merchant Navy Welfare Board 30 Palmerston Road Southampton Hants SO14 1LL Tel: 0238 0337 799 Fax: 0238 0634 444 E-Mail: [email]enquiries@mnwb.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.mnwb.org/about[/url]
National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association National Secretary Mr George Tullis 10 Healey Close Brownsover Rugby CV21 1NE Telephone 01788 331043 Email [email]g.tullis@ntlworld.com[/email] Website [url]www.nmbva.co.uk[/url]
National Service Veterans Alliance (NSVA) 220, Kingsground Eltham London. SW9 5EW. E-Mail: [email]alantizzard@nsva.fsnet.co.uk[/email]
The 'Not Forgotten' Association 4th Floor 2 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0PH Tel: 0207 730 2400 Fax: 0207 730 0020 E-Mail: [email]director@nfassociation.freeserve.co.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.nfassociation.freeserve.co.uk/[/url]
The Officers Association 48 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5JY Tel: 0207 930 0125 E-Mail: [email]postmaster@oaed.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.officersassociation.com[/url]
The Order of St John of Jerusalem & British Red Cross Society 5 Grosvenor Crescent London SW1X 7EH Tel: 020 7201 5131 Fax: 020 7235 9350 E-Mail: [email]balwinder@jointcommittee.freeserve.co.uk[/email]
Queen Alexandra Hospital Home Gifford House Boundary Road Worthing Sussex BN12 3QA Tel: 01903 213 458 Fax: 01903 219 151 Website: [url]www.qahh.org.uk/[/url]
Rifleman's Aid Society RHQ RGJ Peninsula Barracks Romsey Road Winchester SO23 8TS Tel: 01962 828526 Fax: 01962 828500 E-Mail: [email]rfnaid@royalgreenjackets.co.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.royalgreenjackets.co.uk[/url]
The Royal Air Forces Association 117 1/2 Loughborough Road Leicester LE4 5ND Tel: 0116 2665224 Fax: 0116 2665012 Website: [url]www.rafa.org.uk/[/url]
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 67 Portland Place London W1N 4AR Tel: 0207 580 8343 Fax: 0207 636 7005 Website: [url]www.raf-benfund.org.uk[/url]
Royal Air Force Community Support HQPTC RAF Innsworth Gloucester GL3 1EZ Tel: 01452 712612 Website: [url]www.rafcom.co.uk[/url]
Royal Alfred Seafarer's Society SBC House Restmor Way Wallington Surrey SM6 7AH Tel: 02084 012 889 Fax: 02084 012 592 E-Mail: [email]royalalfred@btopenworld.com[/email]
The Royal Army Medical Corps Charitable Fund Keogh Barracks Ash Vale Aldershot Hants GU12 5RQ Tel: 01252 340306 Fax: 01252 340224
The Royal Army Pay Corps Regimental Association RHQ AGC Centre Worthy Down Winchester Hants SO21 2RG Tel: 01962 887436 Fax: 01962 887074 E-Mail: [email]regsec.rapc@virgin.net[/email] Website: [url]www.rapc.co.uk[/url]
The Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Association 9 St Helens Road Alverstoke GOSPORT Hampshire PO12 2RL Tel: 023 9252 6750
The Royal Artillery Charitable Fund Front Parade Royal Artillery Barracks Woolwich London SE18 4BH Tel: 020 8781 3004 Fax: 020 8854 3617 Email address: [email]welfsec.rhqra@army.mod.uk.net[/email]
The Royal British Legion 48 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5JY Tel: 0207 973 7200 Fax: 0207 973 7399 Website: [url]www.britishlegion.org.uk/[/url]
The Royal British Legion Scotland New Haig House Logie Green Road Edinburgh EH7 4HRTel: 0131 557 2782 Fax: 0131 557 5819 Website: [url]www.rblscotland.org.uk[/url]
Royal Cambridge House For Soldier's Widow The Superintendent Royal Cambridge Home 82/84 Hurst Road East Molesly Surrey KT8 9AH
Royal Engineers Association Brompton Barracks Chatham KENT ME4 4UG Tel: 01634 822394 Website: [url]www.reahq.org.uk[/url]
The Royal Logistic Corps Association Regimental Headquarters The Royal Logistic Corps Dettingen House Princess Royal Barracks Deepcut, Camberley Surrey GU16 6RW Tel: 01252 833363 Fax: 01252 833375 E-Mail: [email]mike-bray@rlcdeepcut.fsnet.co.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.army-rlc.co.uk[/url]
The Royal Marines Association Central Office Eastney Esplanade Southsea Hants PO4 9PX Freephone: 0800 1696 347 Fax: 02392 296945 E-Mail: [email]gensec@rma.org.uk[/email]
The Royal Naval Association 82 Chelsea Manor Street London SW3 5QJ Tel: 0207 352 6764 Fax: 0207 352 7385 E-Mail: [email]rna@netcomuk.co.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.royal-naval-association.co.uk[/url]
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust Castaway House 311 Twyford Avenue Portsmouth PO2 8PE Tel: 0239 266 0296 Fax: 0239 266 0852 E-Mail: [email]rnbt@rnbt.org.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.royal-navy.mod.uk/[/url]
Royal Naval Benevolent Society For Officers c/o Child Bank 1 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1BD Tel: 020 7427 7471 Fax: 020 7427 7471 E-Mail: [email]RNBSO@lineone.net[/email]
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation 40 Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AP Tel: 0207 233 1894 E-Mail: [email]rpat@fish.co.uk[/email]
Royal Pioneer Corps Association 51 St George's Drive Westminster London SW1V 4DE Tel: 020 7834 0415 E-Mail: [email]pioners@rpca.fsnet.co.uk[/email] Website: [url]www.royalpioneercorps.co.uk[/url]
Royal Signal Association RHQ Royal Signals Blandford Camp Dorset DT11 8RH Tel: 01258 482090 Fax: 01258 482084 E-Mail: [email]rsa@rsignals.net[/email]
Royal Star and Garter Home Richmond Hill Richmond Upon Thames Surrey TW10 6RR Tel: 0208 940 3314 Fax: 0208 439 8004 E-Mail: [email]generalenquiries@starandgarter.org[/email]
St. David's Home for Disabled Ex-Servicemen 12 Castlebar Hill Ealing London W5 1TE Tel: 020 8997 5121 Fax: 020 8997 2447
St Dunstan's PO Box 4XB 12-14Harcourt Street London W1H 4HD Tel: 0207 723 5021 Website: [url]www.st-dunstans.org.uk/[/url]
The Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded PO Box 1917 Linburn Wilkieston, by Kirknewton Midlothian EH27 8YN Tel: 0131 333 1369/1334 Fax: 0131 333 4841 E-Mail: [email]enquiries@scottishwarblinded.org.uk[/email]
Scottish Veteran's Garden City Association New Haig House Logie Green Road Edinburgh EH7 4HR E-Mail: [email]scottish.veterans@charity.vfree.com[/email]
Researching Prisoners of War
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:
Archives Division and Research Service
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 Avenue de la Paix,
Geneva CH-1202,
Switzerland
email: archives.gva@icrc.org
International Committee Of The Red Cross
Book! Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and regiment/corps.
It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-
Useful Links
PRISONERS OF WAR - 109TH MEDICAL BATTALION (1942 - 1945)
For records of Servicemen and Women who served in WW2 and beyond:
