Cumbria Archives
Preserving and providing the historical records of Cumbria

World War One newspaper indexes

Various images relating to World War One



The following indexes have been created either by Cumbria Archive Service or by volunteers from their own contribution. These indexes are for personal research use only and may not be reproduced or published in any form or used for commercial purposes (Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International).

Most of the following indexes give mentions of servicemen (mainly British Army) in Cumbrian newspapers published during World War One. Information will vary slightly with each index but will usually include name, rank, regimental unit and service number (where known), address, reason for mention and location in newspaper. Visit the guide page on Cumbria Libraries' website to locate these newspapers. Excel spreadsheets of these indexes are available. Please contact Cumbria Archives if you would like to access them.