Discover life at sea with over 150,000 new naval additions
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By Daisy Goddard | July 17, 2026
Explore medical records from Portsmouth and beyond.
We've bolstered our extensive collection of Royal Navy records this week, with two new sets of medical records digitised in partnership with the Royal Navy Museums.
Spanning over 160 years, these additions offer valuable insight into the health of Navymen and illuminate seafaring experiences in vivid detail.
Hampshire, Portsmouth Dock Medical Books
This brand new collection comprises 150,038 medical records, covering the years 1810 to 1815 and 1850 to 1955.
British Royal Navy, Medical Discharge Books
The 2,792 records within this new collection cover medical discharges from the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1801.
New pages from Clonmel to Camberwell
300,944 pages joined our newspaper archive this week. We added five brand new publications, and updated 32 of our existing titles.
New titles
- Birmingham Mercury, 1848-1849, 1851-1853
- Bishop Auckland Herald, 1857-1865
- Carlow Morning Post, 1828-1835
- Clonmel Advertiser, 1828-1838
- Sheffield Times, 1852-1856, 1858-1863, 1865-1872
Updated titles
- Aberystwyth Observer, 1911, 1913
- Brighton Argus, 1897, 1918
- Camberwell News and South London Advertiser, 1877-1880
- Canterbury Journal, 1874, 1876, 1878-1881, 1920
- Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette, 1914-1916
- Current Prices of Grain at Dublin Corn Exchange, 1853-1858, 1860
- Dublin Evening Post, 1737-1741
- Dundee Weekly News, 1990, 1992-1993
- East Kent Times, 1857-1858, 1860, 1865
- Farmer’s Gazette and Journal of Practical Horticulture, 1962
- Faversham News, 1988, 1990-1999
- Fife Herald, 1895-1915
- Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser, 1999
- Hampshire Independent, 1853-1857, 1896-1897, 1911
- Heanor Observer, 1912, 1917, 1924, 1936, 1952
- Hemel Hempstead Gazette, 1877
- Hull Daily Mail, 2001-2005
- Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1919-1920
- Kirkcaldy Times, 1887
- London Evening Standard, 1909-1910
- Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser, 1875-1876, 1878-1880
- North British Advertiser & Ladies’ Journal, 1888
- Northern Star 1792, 1792-1794
- Nuneaton Chronicle, 1901-1910
- Pictures, 1912
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 2003-2005
- Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier, 1871
- Suffolk and Essex Free Press, 1970-1973
- Ulster General Advertiser, 1872-1873
- Waterford Mail, 1870
- Waterford News, 1881, 1883, 1885
- Wexford Independent, 1831-1835
A Family History Of... The Somme
As the fighting intensifies, the war’s reach into the Attenborough household becomes inescapable.
Host and genealogist Jen Baldwin is joined by Somme specialist Harvey Henson to trace this tragic story, from the shattered landscape of Ginchy to the first tanks that appeared at Flers-Courcelette.
