Liberation Lecture Series: Finding Your Military Ancestor

Military history is becoming more popular as is the close connection to personal family history. In this short presentation you can discover how to begin finding your families military history and service from even the most basic details. We will explore where to gain the initial information from government agencies, how to translate that and build a bigger picture and where there is free specialist advice to lead you into a past you may never have known or confirm the stories within your family. Very often with surprising results……

Chris Oliver is a well known speaker on Military History around the islands. He has made several programmes for the BBC, Wildfire Productions, Channel 4 and ITV. He is a guest lecturer at Sandhurst and Cambridge University. Chris is co-founder & Chairman of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry.