Findmypast Friday: Browse New British Army Records From Surrey to South Wales

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With a total of 22,608 new records added, there are so many heroic stories to discover this Findmypast Friday.

This week, immerse yourself in the lives of your military ancestors like never before. We've added over 22,000 new British Army records to our collection, with new additions spanning across England and Wales. We also added a brand new newspaper title, as well as a million free-to-view pages.

From photo albums to attestations, read on for a full rundown of this week's fascinating new additions.

British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1981

This week's biggest update comes to our Coldstream Guards collection, to which we've added 17,896 photo album records and 497 attestations. Founded in 1650, the Coldstream Guards is one of the British Army's oldest regiments. It has historically been responsible for the protection of the Royal family, and is thus is also considered to be one of the army's most prestigious regiments.

British Army, London Regiment, Surrey Battalions 1914-1940

This week's second addition consists of 3,517 British Army records from London's Surrey Battalions, between 1914 and 1940. Though this brand new set doesn't stretch until the end of World War 2, it covers the outbreak of the First World War, the interwar period, and a year of the second major global conflict. It may just be able to provide some much-needed insight into the stories of your wartime ancestors.

British Army Service Records, South Wales Borderers

This week's last military addition takes the form of 698 new transcriptions from South Wales, added to our British Army Service Records set. They document the military service of men from the South Wales Borderers line infantry regiment, which was founded in the late 17th century.

These transcriptions cover the 1890s and the year 1915. During this time, the regiment was involved in active service across the world, from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) to the First World War in 1914. If your ancestor fought with the South Wales Borderers during this time, their name may just appear within this collection.

Discover new pages from Bromley to Buxton

We've kicked the new year off with a bang, adding a brand new title - the Coleraine Times - to our newspaper collection, in addition to a million new free-to-view pages.

New titles:

• Coleraine Times, 1990-1999

Updated titles:

• Bromley Journal and West Kent Herald, 1886
• Buxton Advertiser, 1988, 1991
• Cork Daily Herald, 1868
• Dundee Weekly News, 1880, 1882
• Liverpool Daily Post, 1997
• Musselburgh News, 1988
• Northampton Herald, 1844
• Portadown Times, 1998
• Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser, 1986-1987
• Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 1912
• Worthing Herald, 1979, 1982

New free-to-view pages:

• Aberdare Times, 1889, 1892
• Aberdeen Press and Journal, 1798-1900
• American Settler, 1880-1892
• Ayrshire Weekly News and Galloway Press, 1879-1891
• Boston Gazette, 1861
• Bradford Observer, 1834-1875
• Brechin Herald, 1890-1892
• Brecknock Beacon, 1883-1896
• Bright’s Intelligencer and Arrival List, 1860
• British Yachtsman, 1894
• Brondesbury, Cricklewood & Willesden Green Advertiser, 1892
• Brunswick or True Blue, 1821
• Colonies and India, 1875-1898
• Comet for Hornsey, Crouch End and Highgate, 1889
• Course of the Exchange, 1825-1900
• Daily News (London), 1846-1900
• Derby Exchange Gazette, 1861
• Derby Mercury, 1800-1900
• Dublin Hospital Gazette, 1856-1862
• Dudley Guardian, Tipton, Oldbury & West Bromwich Journal and District Advertiser, 1874-1875
• East Kent Times, 1859, 1861-1864
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News, 1858-1859
• East Wind, 1875-1876
• Eastern Star, 1853
• Eastleigh Weekly News, 1895-1900
• English Mail, 1859-1860
• Evening Times (London), 1852
• Evening Times 1825, 1825-1826
• Faversham Gazette, and Whitstable, Sittingbourne, & Milton Journal, 1855-1857
• Financial Standard, 1891
• Finsbury Free Press, 1868-1869
• Freeman’s Journal, 1820-1900
• Glasgow Property Circular and West of Scotland Weekly Advertiser, 1879-1891
• Gloucester Mercury, 1861-1884
• Govan Chronicle, 1864-1884
• Grantown Supplement, 1894-1900
• Haddingtonshire Advertiser and East-Lothian Advertiser, 1881-1888
• Hampshire Advertiser, 1831-1832, 1834-1849, 1851-1852, 1854-1863, 1865, 1867-1895, 1897
• Hampshire Telegraph, 1802-1878, 1880-1900
• Hartlepool Free Press and General Advertiser, 1860
• Hebrew Observer, 1853-1854
• Holmes’ Brewing Trade Gazette, 1878-1886
• Holt’s Weekly Chronicle, 1837-1855
• Illustrated Times 1853, 1853-1854
• Ipswich Journal, 1800-1828, 1830, 1833-1896, 1898, 1900
• Isle of Man Times, 1869, 1872, 1874-1895, 1897-1900
• Isle of Wight Observer, 1852-1870, 1873-1876, 1878-1895, 1898-1900
• Labour Pioneer (Cardiff), 1900
• Leeward Islands Gazette, 1893
• Leith Herald, 1879-1891
• Liberty, 1894-1896
• Little Times, 1867
• Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, 1842-1900
• London & Provincial News and General Advertiser, 1861-1867
• London and Liverpool Advertiser, 1847
• London and Scottish Review, 1875
• London Life, 1879
• London Mirror, 1871-1876
• London News Letter and Price Current, 1859-1865
• London Weekly Investigator, 1855-1857
• Luton Weekly Recorder, 1855-1857, 1859
• McPhun’s Australian News, 1853-1855
• National Observer, 1888-1897
• North Wales Chronicle, 1827-1900
• Northman and Northern Counties Advertiser, 1880-1886, 1890
• Nottinghamshire Guardian, 1849-1871, 1873-1887, 1889, 1892-1896, 1898-1900
• Oxford Journal, 1800-1895, 1898-1900
• Preston Chronicle, 1831-1885, 1887, 1889-1893
• Radnorshire Standard, 1898-1900
• Reynolds’s Newspaper, 1850-1900
• Scottish Border Record, 1881-1892
• Seren Cymru, 1851, 1856-1860, 1875, 1877-1884, 1889, 1892-1893, 1895
• The Era, 1838-1900
• The Star, 1869-1877, 1879-1891, 1893-1897, 1900
• Weekly Free Press and Aberdeen Herald, 1876, 1879-1888, 1890-1892
• Wrexham Advertiser, 1854-1857
• Y Genedl Gymreig, 1877-1900
• Y Goleuad, 1869-1900

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