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Great War Centenary webste
« on: Wednesday 27 January 21 08:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi there

For the Great War centenary, think the end but could be the beginning, there was a website created for memories and photos of war dead - can anybody remember the website?

Thanks

MJW

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Re: Great War Centemary webste
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 09:05 GMT (UK) »
Did you mean the Commonwealth War Graves Commission?
www.cwgc.org.uk
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Great War Centemary webste
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 09:21 GMT (UK) »

.......or Lives of the First World War.
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/
Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Great War Centemary webste
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 09:23 GMT (UK) »
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Great War Centemary webste
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 09:25 GMT (UK) »
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Great War Centenary webste
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 10:09 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for all these suggestions!

The site I'm thinking of certainly used the CWGC database...

M

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Re: Great War Centemary webste
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 10:18 GMT (UK) »
Nothing to do with your query , but I did watch this at the time -
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGreatWarSeries/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=4

Wish I'd saved it for Lockdown......


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Re: Great War Centenary webste
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 13:59 GMT (UK) »
Was it The Long, Long Trail - https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
Williams, Marshall, Garrard, Hughes, Roberts, Evans
McAndrew, Higginson, Settle, Watts, Martin, Dunn

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Re: Great War Centenary webste
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 27 January 21 14:30 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, not that one!

There were a lot of poppies on this site ... it's really buggin' me  ;D
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