Medieval UK Battle Records Released Online

eldavojohn writes "Do you have ancestors who served in the British military under Henry V or fought in the Hundred Years War? Look them up online now that 250,000 medieval battle records are online and available for searching. According to the project details (PDF): 'The main campaigns of the period were to France but there were others to Flanders, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, a much wider geographical spectrum than before 1369. In addition, garrisons were maintained within England (such as that held at the Tower of London), the Channel Islands, Wales and the marches, as well as at Calais and in Gascony. In the fourteenth-century phase of the Hundred Years War, the English also held some garrisons in areas of northern France, and in the fifteenth century phase, there was a systematic garrison-based occupation of Normandy and surrounding regions...'"

Comments

Re:Surely this viloates EU privacy laws?

[John Hasler]

Someone has no sense of humor...

Re:Surely this viloates EU privacy laws?

[John Hasler]

And some of my ancestors were some of those British. You might consider acquiring a sense of humor.

Re:Surely this viloates EU privacy laws?

[KronosReaver]

Let me get this right...

You don't think it's funny, so I am the one who doesn't have a sense of humor?

"The reason the sun never sets on the British Empire is because God doesn't trust the British in the dark." is at the least a 150 year old saying, and damn if it doesn't get funnier every time I hear it. Of course it was funnier as a reply to the first post (by someone else), that seems to be gone now.

Re:Wrong Side

[dave562]

I'm with you, and my ancestors were with yours. They came from the Scotish low lands, and having done some research, it seems like their primary reason for living was reiving. http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclanarmstrong.htm Damn the English!

Re:Surely this viloates EU privacy laws?

[John Hasler]

I was not responding to you.