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This episode is sponsored by Ancestry. Military history is usually told through armies, campaigns, fronts and units. But that history feels different when your family name appears in the records. It's not just a division on a map. It's a person, a regiment, a rank, a service number, a line of family history. More than 5 million men served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War. For many British families, it isn't remote. It's a few generations away and often there's a paper trail. Ancestry's military records can help uncover the details of that service, where relatives served, their regiment and rank, medals, injuries, pension claims and next of kin. July marks the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. It's a reminder that behind the maps, units and casualty figures are individual records, names and families. Visit Ancestry.co.uk and search First World War military records to discover your family's role in the First World War.