British Columbia Military Records

Online Records

 * Military Heritage Library and Archives Canada
 * Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918 at Ancestry.com ($) - index and image
 * Service records give detailed information from enlistment to demobilization (discharge). They may include:
 * Birth date and place
 * Address at time of enlistment
 * Name and address of next of kin
 * Marital status
 * Occupation
 * Personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, distinctive marks or scars)
 * Religion


 * Royal Canadian Navy and Naval Reserve (1910-1941) service files
 * Records may include
 * Full name
 * Date and place of birth
 * Occupation
 * Physical description
 * Name and address of next of kin
 * Dates of service


 * British Columbia War Memorials: An Index of Names
 * British Columbia War Memorials

British Columbia military and related museums
Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre, Burnaby Canadian Military Education Centre, Chilliwack Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site, Colwood CFB Esquimalt Naval &amp; Military Museum, Esquimalt Rocky Mountain Rangers Museum, Kamloops Okanagan Military Museum, Kelowna Comox Air Force Museum, Lazo Vancouver Island Military Museum, Nanaimo Royal Westminster Regiment Historical Society and Museum, New Westminster 12 Service Battalion Museum, Richmond Regimental Museum of the BC Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), Vancouver Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives, Vancouver 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA Museum and Archives, Vancouver Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society, Vancouver 5th (BC) Regiment Museum, Victoria Lieutenant-General E.C. Ashton Garrison Museum, Victoria Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Regimental Museum, Victoria

MemoryBC has searchable descriptions of the holdings of a number of these BC museums, as well as their contact details, hours and addresses, including the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, the Rocky Mountain Rangers Museum.

See also these Canadian government websites.

Honours and History, Dept. of National Defence, Canada

Canadian Military History Gateway

Canadian War Museum and Library

Other Resources

Many local archives, museums, libraries and Royal Canadian Legion branches have research files or projects on local military service people.

Additional information may be found in historical British Columbia newspapers and publications.