Wakefield Libraries 
Wakefield Libraries and Information Services pages which include access to online catalogue

My Learning
Free learning resources from Museums, Libraries and Archives in Yorkshire.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
A searchable database of 1.7m names of casualties from the First and Second World Wars also articles about specific battles.

Imperial War Museum
An excellent site for researching wartime history.

BBC History
Provides a good guide to tracing military family history with in depth studies of the First and Second World Wars.

The National Archives
Provides detailed information about their holdings, while ‘documentsonline’ provides downloadable military history resources for a nominal fee.

Cenotaphs in the Wakefield District
Lists of names on the District’s war memorials.

Twixt Aire and Calder
An online archive of photographs of the Wakefield District

Wakefield Museums
Online collection of photographs of local people and places.

First World War
Provides  comprehensive detail about the war and a particularly good timeline of events

1914-1918
Detailed First World War site - very detailed information including orders of battle for most infantry regiments and good links to other sites

Armed Forces Memorial Appeal
Searchable roll of honour for army personnel who died after 1948

Naval History
Lists of ships casualties and ship’s histories

Pontefract and District Family History Society

Wakefield and District Family History Society

Find out more about the Family History Societies in the district.