Many of you will be aware of the great series of books about the war dead of Crewe & Nantwich, that started in 2001 with "Dear Mrs Jones: The Great War Dead of Crewe & Nantwich". Mark Potts is one of the authors of these books and he needs your help to commemorate your relatives from the Crewe & Nantwich area who paid the ultimate price in the Great War.
He's currently working on "WHERE THE FALLEN LIVE FOREVER THE GREAT WAR DEAD OF CREWE AND NANTWICH", which is to be published in August 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One. Mark tells me that they have been working on it for about eight years and they now have photographs of 413 of the 1,250 men who are commemorated on the World War 1 memorials in the Crewe & Nantwich area.
But that's still over 800 whose faces are in danger of being lost from memory. Have you got any photos of friends or relatives who died during the 1914-18 war and whose names appear on the local memorials of the Crewe & Nantwich area? If so, please get in contact with Mark, because he'd love to be able to include those photos in the new book. And if you know they were from the area and were killed during the War, but aren't sure whether theyre on one of the local memorials, don't worry, ask Mark he'll sort it out.
Contact Mark Potts on
mark[-- at --] markpotts.wanadoo.co.uk ;
Thanks
Adrian B
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