GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar was taken from Spain by Sir George Rooke and an Anglo-Dutch fleet in 1704, then formally ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Records relating to Gibraltar under British rule can be categorised under four main headings: colonial office and military, which are held at The National Archives (TNA) in Kew; and ecclesiastical and civil, which are mainly located in Gibraltar.

‘Gibraltar was the first posting of many young officers in the Army’

The records of the War Office and Ordnance Office can be a rich source for Gibraltar history. For those who had ancestors who served in the British Army, there is a good chance that one or more of them may have been stationed for a period in Gibraltar – the first posting of many young officers. There they).