There is no shortage of Close’s who have participated, sometimes fatally, in various wars around the world.
This is the current list:
- American Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783)
- Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)
- War of 1812
- American Civil War (1861 – 1865)
- South African (Boer) War (1899 – 1902)
- World War 1 (1914 – 1918)
- World War 11 (1939 – 1945)
- Vietnam War (1955 – 1975)
Looking for those that were decorated … try here
Those who died whilst on Active Service:
And now for a bit of housekeeping
See the wood and the trees
We publish everything we have in our fabulous trees, so basically if you can’t find it, we don’t have it. With over 18,000 people, 5,000 families, 11,000 sources, and 67,000 image references currently sat in our database, you’ll appreciate the amount of work that has gone into this over the years. You can see more in the Close Ancestry Trees.Donations
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