Expert digitisation consultants
Inhouse collection & delivery service
Accredited digitisation studio team
Highly accurate results
Instantaneous digital content searches
Capture data from any material type
Showcase your collections online
Improve access & discoverability 
Fully immersive virtual experiences
The Sandhurst Collection: A Military Approach to Managing and Organising Data
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst – creating a research website of national and international importance with a bespoke PastView system.
The Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps JRAMC is the professional clinical journal for military medicine and has been published since 1903…Townsweb Archiving were selected to scan [volumes of a journal], OCR and then supply the final result on a hard drive. This they did most efficiently and well within the estimated time frame. The work carried out was to a very high standard with the images extremely clear. Townsweb are to be congratulated for the excellent service they provide.
Safeguard heritage
Counter deterioration, damage and loss with robust digital duplicates
Protect assets
Maintain reputation and integrity stylistically and guard against infringements
Broaden engagement
Innovate to attract new online audiences and reconnect with existing ones
Remember & respect
Mark significant people, anniversaries and events while supporting research
Digitisation
Digitise your military archives
Military archives are popular with historians, families and researchers, but it is important to balance their popularity and access against the vulnerable nature of physical heritage items. The creation of digital replicas overcomes these barriers, removing risks associated with physical handling and protecting your collection’s legacy. Embrace the power of digital storytelling and protect your personnel registers and records.
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Data Capture
Harness valuable, searchable content
We offer a range of data capture services, employed at either the point of, or post, digitisation and necessary for full control of your archive. Our specialist technicians are on hand as you transition from physical military archive to digital military archive, harnessing the power that will drive your archive search. From the transcription of your handwritten records to the manual data entry of your registers, capturing your data is a vital step towards accessibility.
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Publishing
Manage and showcase your collections
Increasingly, holders of military archives are being expected to find ways to share their collections online in the name of genealogy and research. With so much data to manage, an effective system for organising and controlling items is invaluable. PastView is perfect for creating digital stories, raising awareness and vital funds, increasing membership and protecting collection legacy, promoting full access and greater discovery.
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I’m here to help!
Talking to people about their specific material and short and long term archive goals is what we do. You really can’t beat speaking to a human, so do get in touch for an informal chat with Josh about the digitisation and publishing or your military archive.
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"The updated web service provided by Townsweb afforded the opportunity to reconcile our initial web provision with a new vision going forward. With PastView we are now able to edit our content and manage our online data in a way we were never able to do before. Incorporating a legacy system into a new format was understandably not straight-forward. However, the team at TownsWeb were especially patient and approachable; being keen to ensure that the system met our needs - which it certainly does."
Dr Sebastian Puncher
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
"By hosting the archive online, we can resource our museum staff and volunteers in their work, providing a time capsule for those that have served in support of their wellbeing. Equally, we can support those from outside the regiment with educational, ancestral and historical enquiries.
Throughout this partnership TownsWeb's expertise and experience have been invaluable. Providing innovative, flexible and empathetic solutions to our needs. The outcome of which is our exciting, educational site. That sustains our heritage, promotes our ethos while continuing to inform and inspire the men and women that serve today."
Graeme Green
Royal Dragoon Guards
Recent news & customer stories from military archives
Publishing the Burma Star Memorial Fund; Remembering ‘The Forgotten Army’
Read the full Burma Star case study here to discover the digital journey from highly detailed design brief to published and beautifully polished website.