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Discover if your ancestors served with the British Army during the Palestine conflict, from 1945 until 1948 and died while stationed in Palestine. The records can give you details about your relative’s family, birth place and how he/she died during the conflict. The record will be a valuable addition to your family history.

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Each record is an original transcript of the death register. The amount of information in each record can differ, but most include a combination of the following information about your relative:

Name
Soldier Number
Rank
Regiment
Battalion
Place of Service
Year and date of birth
Age
Year of Death
Event – details of death
Date of Event
Family Details
Awards
Buried or Commemorated
Burial or Commemoration location

Discover More about Palestine Conflict Deaths 1945-1948

After the Second World War, Palestine was under the control of Britain. Palestine had endured a history of conflict between the Jewish and Arab populations, especially with the growing influx of Jewish immigrants into Palestine during WWII. Anti-British sentiment began to grow among militant Zionist groups; such as, the Stern Gang and the Irgun Zvai Leumi, when the British government did not push forward the creation of an independent Jewish state or revoke the White Paper policy on Palestine. The White Paper policy from 1939, stated that an independent Jewish state would not be created but, instead an independent Palestine, which would be governed by both Jews and Arabs. Additionally, it also limited the number of Jewish immigrants allowed into Palestine for the next five years, after which a new immigration policy was to be determined by the Arabs. The Zionist militant groups began to attack British personnel and military sites.

A pivotal moment during the Palestine Conflict was the terrorist attack on the King David Hotel, 22 July 1946. The hotel was the British administrative headquarters of Palestine. Ninety one people were killed in the attack. Some of the names of the military victims are within these records. The records document the deaths of 891 people during the Palestine Conflict.

In 1947 the British government referred the matter to the newly created United Nations. In May 1948 Britain withdrew from Palestine, ending the Palestine conflict. The United Nations then partitioned Palestine to create two independent states; Israel for the Jewish population and Palestine for the Arab population.

Some of the regiments included within the records are:

Army Catering Corps

Auxiliary Territorial Service

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

Coldstream Guards

Corps of Royal Military Police

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

East Surrey Regiment

Grenadier Guards

Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

Irish Guards

Lancers Royal Armoured Corps

Life Guards

Middlesex Regiment

King's Royal Hussars Royal Armoured Corps

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Palestine Police Force

Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps

Queen's Royal Lancers Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Royal Army Medical Corps

Royal Artillery

Royal Army Service Corps

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Royal Corps of Signals

Royal Dragoon Guards Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Royal Engineers

Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

Royal Navy

Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

Royal Ulster Rifles

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)

South Lancashire Regiment

Welsh Guards