The Green Howards Museum has a small team who can carry out historical research for you in our archives on topics relating to the Green Howards.

As an alternative to us conducting the research on your behalf, you are welcome to visit our Family History Research Centre.

Click here to read some family history research case studies we have provided to show the sort of work involved and where the Museum can help.

Before asking us to help you with your research it is important you appreciate what we can and cannot do, and the conditions for supplying the service.

The Information Obtainable by the Museum

The information that we hold in our archives is primarily historical records of the Regiment rather than of individuals. We hold no Army Records of Service for individual soldiers.

If you are making an enquiry about an individual soldier the key information we nearly always need to know is when he served and in which Battalion. If he was awarded a gallantry medal, was killed in action or died whilst serving we can normally find out from our records enough information to identify the Battalion in which he served.

Once we have the basic information of when he served and in which Battalion we can then tell you what actions he would have been involved in and where he would have served in more detail. In most instances, unless specific mention is made of him in the histories or war diaries, or he was awarded a gallantry medal, we can not tell you about any specific actions he would have carried out as an individual soldier.

Donations

In asking us to carry out research for you we would ask you to make a donation to go towards covering the cost of looking after the archives and meeting our Volunteer researchers' travel costs etc. The requested donations are detailed in the conditions and advice provided with the Research Application Form.

Please note that a donation is also required for the use of staff and time and facilities when making use of our Family Research Centre.

Photographs and Film

In addition to reseach we are also able to provide copies of images owned by the museum.  Please click here to view our photographic collections.

Click here to view a copy of our Photograph and Film fees.

Request Form

Receipt of an application form is required before any research can be carried out. No application for research can be accepted over the telephone.

Your donation cheque will not be cashed until the research has been completed. In the event that we are unable to carry out any research for you your donation cheque would not be cashed.

Conditions for Research

If you would like the Museum to carry out any research on your behalf, please read the conditions and advice contained in the Research Application Form.

Click here to view/download the Research Application Form.