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site is maintained solely by volunteers and is funded by them as private
individuals. This includes the purchase of photographs, books, rolls of
honour plus the running costs of the site. We have always intended to
make this site free to all. If you have gained from this site then please
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This
site is dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting
for their country. Recorded here are various war memorials
within a variety of counties, it is fully intended to complete
as many war memorials in the United Kingdom as possible. The
counties and the war memorials completed for each are listed
on a separate page.
Photographs have been taken of the majority of the memorials,
details of the men included and their photographs where possible.
All counties are based on the pre-1974 reorganisation of the
political divisions in the United Kingdom. The main sections
have a menu at the top of the page of sections
that are available, these are on drop down lists. A site
map has been provided as well.
IN
MEMORY OF
LYNDA SMITH
WHO PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 2007
A PROLIFIC CONTRIBUTOR
TO THIS SITE
SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED |
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The
war memorials and rolls of honour cover a variety of regiments,
airfields and
air bases as well as the memorials and cemeteries in the countries
overseas where the men fell.
Much
of the information has been found using the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission site. To supplement this information
the Soldiers Died in the Great War CD's and the Roll of Honour
books all available from Naval
& Military Press were also used. Other resources
include the London Gazette, Local Newspapers, facts from family
member's and various other pieces of information from old
books and magazines.
All
the information here has been supplied by volunteers. If you
have any information about the various items appearing here
or wish to supply information then please use the feedback
form. We will publish searchable databases and war memorials
plus photographs accreditation being to those who own or have
supplied the various content.
For
those of you wanting to visit the places where these men and
women are buried we have compiled a page devoted to Tour
companies that specialise in this area.
Aims
of this web site
This website:
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promotes historical knowledge as a tool for peace and understanding
between peoples and nations.
- does
not seek to glorify the British Empire or any form of imperialism.
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does not seek to glorify war, or advocate war as a solution
to disputes.
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uses crown icons and other royal/imperial symbols as an
historical device, and not a political statement.
- endeavours
to be as accurate as possible but sometimes is not; any
entries that are erroneous will be changed in the fullness
of time given notification
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While
many many have been collated into the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission web
site there are an estimated 45,000 names are missing from
the Commission registers. The Campaign for War Grave Commemorations
(www.cwgc.co.uk)
aim is to have uncommemorated servicemen willingly accepted
by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, regardless of who
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Casualty
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Lists Spreadsheets hosted on behalf of Diane (Bardess) - compiled
from casualty lists uploaded to the Great War Forum. Please
click the following link to download the spreadsheet
(10.1Mb) - Casualty Lists. The spreadsheet was last updated
on Tuesday 28th July 2009. Hyperlinks are provided to the
National Archives' Medal Index Cards and, where appropriate,
the CWGC 'Debt of Honour Register'. Great work, Diane! |
 
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Query
Policy
Due
to the lask of resource it is not always possible for us to
reply to emails, especially research of individuals. We are
not a full-time organisation with staff, we are amateurs trying
to collate as much information as we can. As such we research
memorials as and when we can. The volume of emails received
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Occasionally
people are looking, for a variety of reasons, for various
families of those who died in conflict. The latest requests
are held on the Information Requests
page. |
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Want
to help
We
are always looking for volunteers to help. All information
included on the site is accredited to the person who worked
on it. You need help with transciptions, research and photographs.
Contact
the site owner, Martin
Edwards, if you are interested in helping. There is a
Word
Template available for those who wish to you use it to
transcribe. If you left click on the link (not right) it will
load into Word and you can save it into your templates folder
as a base for new transcription documents.
Please
note that as of 17th February 2009 there are around 1,000+
memorials to be put on-line and 700+ pages to be edited. We
are currently working on those received in 2005/2006 - so
there is a backlog. Please be aware that we cannot answer
emails relating to family history and we cannot perform research
on a one to one basis. Due to the lack of resource it is not
always possible for us to reply to emails, especially research
of individuals. We are not a full-time organisation w staff,
we are amateurs trying to collate as much information as we
can. As such we research memorials as and when we can. The
volume of emails received precludes us from answering all
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Whilst
the Civilian War Dead of the Second World War who died as
the result of hostile action those from the First World
War have been ignored. As we approach the 90th Anniversary
of the Armistice is it not time for those who died in that
conflict to be remembered offically by the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission. This will require an ammendment to
the CWGC's Royal Charter by all the particpating nations(UK,
Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand & South Africa).
Why should these unfortunate souls remains forgotten? They
died in air raids, in internment camps, as passengers on
torpedoed ships, by bombardment of their towns by enemy
ships & in one well known case (Edith Cavell) was executed
by the Germans. Please sign if you agree with this petition
Sign
the Government
e-petition
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Medical
Staff who died during Conflicts |
Malaysia
Commonwealth Deaths 1949-1963 |
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With
any conflict there are casualties and casualties require
medical attention. The brave bands of men and women
who try to save lives during the taking of lives is
a constant source of amazement. Sadly while they are
traying to save the lives of others they also have
been known to lose their own lives. This database
contains details of these people and as such you
can add information to it if you have
any. The database contains details from all conflicts
and includes doctors, surgeons, nurses, St John's
Ambulance personnel, and Army Medical Corps personnel.
Conflicts range from the Crimean to Iraq.
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After
World War 2 had finished events occured in Malaya
that led up to its Independence. Chinese troops had
been trained and equipped during World War 2 to act
as resistance to the Japanese. After the war the Chinese
felt that they had been given a raw deal and the troops
original trained by the British turned on them. This
led up to the Independence and carried on afterwards
with several other groups. Commonwealth Troops involved
included British, Malayan, Australian and New Zealand.
This database is hopefully a compendium of the information
so far found about these men. The database may not
be entirely accurate so please let us know of any
discrepancies. Some information may be shown with
'or' in the middle as there may be more than one option
here that has not been finalised.
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Boer
War - Compendium of Names |
Cyprus
Emergency Deaths 1955 - 1960 |
Drawn
from many different sources this database is continually
growing. It contains the names of men who served,
were wounded, died of disease or were killed. Other
information is drawn from Medal Records, various
accounts of actions and from books. This covers
military and non-military personnel. Although not
a complete list of names it must be the largest
Boer War index currently on-line (27/08/2009 - 67,672
entries).
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the database
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This
database contains details of British casualties during
the Cyprus Emergency 1955-1960. The details have been
drawn from a variety of sources mainly local newspapers.
The details have been collated into a single, searchable
entries, within the database, wherever possible. This
does not mean that there are not anomalies, that entries
have not been duplicate or that the information here
is 100% accurate.
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the database |
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Falklands
War Deaths - 1982 |
Korean
War - Casualties 1950 - 1953 |
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This
database contains details of British Service deaths
during the Falklands War 1982. On the 5th April 1982,
a large British task force set out on a 7500 mile
journey to liberate a group of tiny windswept islands
in the South Atlantic. On 1st May began the biggest
naval action to take place since the Second World
War - nearly 900 men lost their lives from all sides,
260 of them serving with British Forces or Islanders.
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This
database contains details of British casualties during
the Korean War 1950-53, either dead or wounded, prisoners
of war and VC winners. The details are drawn from
the war graves in Korea (see Korean
War Graves) and lists published by The Times
newspaper during the war (this is accessible on-line
through most UK libraries although you may need a
reader's ticket). Other details drawn from war memorials
and local newspapers and other written sources have
been included as they have been found. The details
have been collated into a single, searchable entries,
within the database, wherever possible. This does
not mean that there are not anomalies, that entries
have not been duplicate or that the information here
is 100% accurate
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Aden
1963-1967 |
Northern
Ireland Britsh Service Deaths 1971 - 2000 |
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This
database contains details of British casualties who
were killed or died during the Aden Emergency. Details
have been extracted from various war memorials, The
Times newspaper, several books, the Aden veterans
web site, and the ParaData web site. Although the
Emergency covers the period 1963-1967 this database
covers the lead up to the Emergency from 1955 until
1967. This database has been researched as much as
possible but there probably still anomalies and we
would be grateful of any information to try and achieve
a 100% accuracy aim.
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This
database contains details of British Service deaths
during the period 1917 to 2000. Details are drawn
from the Daily Telelgraph. This does not mean that
there are not anomalies, that entries have not been
duplicate or that the information here is 100% accurate
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