There are
many websites dedicated to putting you in touch with those you went to
school with, grew up with, worked with or fought/served with. A selection
of these are included below, alphabetically. friendsreunited.com,
which is now expanding its service beyond former schools to include
former places of work. Basic registration is free, with a £5.00
annual fee to send and receive email. A separate page deals with
researching the military past of individual
servicemen and women.
Site
Description
Members
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Armed
Forces Friends
Completely
free access to all areas of the site after an initial registration.
85% of membership drawn drawn from the Army and RAF. Free registration.
Many useful features. Lets you know who else is online and also has
an easy-to-use message board. Established spring 2002.
Biscuits
Brown styles itself a light-hearted ex-Forces contact site with other
'witty' anecdotes and general niff-naff. Definitely a not-for-profit
fun site. Search their database
when
last viewed the site claimed to have a database containing details
of over 3 930 units [as of 10 Sep 02] from UK, Australia and New
Zealand
for you to register under. Registration of your details is free,
membership enabling email and other services is £6.00 per
annum. A limited company registered in England & Wales. [a]
Managed by ex-servicemen, this entirely free
resource puts serving and ex-Services personnel back in contact
with past friends and colleagues. Includes confidential email system
and automatic updates to your desktop.
The site is not specific to the
military but its database is very straightforward and flexible
to use, as
you can search all records by name, home town, company (ie army)
etc. FREE.