Chris Baker’s talks on researching soldiers
“Tracing your military ancestors”. This is a talk I gave at a Family History Show hosted by The Genealogist. You can watch my intro free of charge but there is a modest fee for seeing the talk.
Tracing your military ancestors
“Family History Tips from Military Records” is another from the series of Family History Show. Again, free intro and a small fee to watch the whole talk.
Family History Tips from Military Records
And a free podcast from the excellent “Amateur Family History Podcast” series produced by Andy Holmes:
A nicely produced film from the Leamington History Group in which I act as military historian (free to view):
A Zoom talk I did for the Genealogical Society of Ireland (free to view):
The Irish soldier in the Great War
And a live one I gave to a Western Front Association conference:
Six miles from victory – The Battle of the Lys 1918
A live online talk I have for the Great War Group
War on the Water: The Yser Front
Long, Long Trail research tutorials
How to trace a prisoner of war in the Red Cross records:
Tracing a soldier in the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Other Great War videos
The 1916 Battle of the Somme film.
First of five parts, hosted by the Imperial War Museum website
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1976 BBC documentary presented by Leo McKern.
Rather dated in its “Lions led by donkeys” narrative but still a nicely crafted documentary with excellent battlefield scenes as they were in the 1970s: