This MyHeritage collection, 566,547 transcription records from the United Kingdom’s Police Gazette, documents soldiers who deserted from the army between 1828 and 1918. The records cover the years 1828-1845, 1858, 1880, 1885, 1898, and 1916-1918. Each entry typically includes the deserter’s name, age, occupation, residence, and service details such as regiment, date and place of desertion, and enlistment.
Additional information and similar records can be found on other sites. Ancestry offers “UK, Military Deserters, 1812-1927,” while Findmypast includes collections of deserters from the 1830s and the First World War. Other sources, with additional coverage, include The British Newspaper Archive, TheGenealogist, and Forces War Records.