The Trust cannot answer detailed genealogical questions and researchers will need to visit the Buckinghamshire Archives. For opening hours of the Buckinghamshire Archives, click on the link provided below.
Questions cannot be answered on regular units connected to the county. For information on the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, click the link to the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust below.
Guidance can be offered, however, on general questions relating to the county’s local military units so please get in touch using the contact form below.
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The following websites may also be of assistance:
Army Museums Ogliby Trust
www.armymuseums.org.uk
Lists locations of all UK regimental museums
Army Records Society
www.armyrecordssociety.org.uk
Publishes annual volume of historical documents on the history of the British army
Battlefields Trust
www.battlefieldstrust.com
Seeks to preserve UK battlefields
Bucks Remembers
www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk
Lists all war memorials in the county, and the names recorded on them
Buckinghamshire Archives
www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Houses the county’s archives including the Trust’s documentary collections
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.cwgc.org
Lists all cemeteries with UK war dead, with comprehensive name search facility
Imperial War Museum
www.iwm.org.uk
Dedicated to the history of the two world wars and conflicts since 1945
John Hampden Society
www.johnhampden.org
Preserves the memory of a leading Bucks figure in the English Civil War
National Army Museum
www.nam.ac.uk
Presents the history of the British Army from its origins to the present
Royal Greenjackets Museum
Presents the history of the Rifle Brigade, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and OBLI
Society for Army Historical Research
www.sahr.co.uk
Publishes a quarterly journal on the history of the British Army
The Rifles Network
www.riflesmuseum.co.uk/engagement/rifles-museums-network
Contacts for the antecdent regiments of The Rifles including the OBLI
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust
www.sofo.org.uk
Preserves records and artefacts of the regular Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
UK National Inventory of War Memorials
www.ukniwm.org.uk
Lists locations of all UK War Memorials
Victorian Military Society
www.victorianmilitary.org
Publishes quarterly journal on the history of the British army between 1837 and 1902
War Memorials Trust
www.warmemorials.org
Helps with the maintenance and repair of war memorials
Royal Bucks Hussars Association
www.royalbuckshussars.org
For former members of the Royal Bucks Hussars
Bletchley Park
www.bletchleypark.org.uk
Displays the wartime history of the home of the ‘Ultra Secret’
Buckingham Heritage Trust and Old Gaol Museum
www.mkheritage.co.uk/ogb
Runs the Old Gaol where the Trust’s main exhibition is located
The Light Bobs website (Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry)
www.lightbobs.com
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