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The Huthwaite War Memorial Project

Have We Been Forgetting to Remember ?

Starting their own monumental task, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission had by 1917 been firmly established. Its continuing purpose following the second World War found recorded casualties totalling 1.7 million. A large percentage of graves remained unidentified while erecting thousands of memorials listing some 530,000 names in commemoration.

Our online war memorial project modestly began by accurately transcribing two lists of local names first presented upon the stone memorial set inside Huthwaite cemetery grounds. Recorded casualties provide basis upon which to expand research across both World Wars. The given surnames offer linking index for additional pages, better able to fully identify in true honour every local individual eventually found among ongoing and deeper research.

Reading from both weathered plaques firstly indicated how time naturally fades displays, like aging years loses living memories of those truly experiencing terrible consequences of the world at war. Difficulty confirming plaque lettering seemed minor however after next attempting to lookup online the military records for those found named. Raising the page titled question, it quickly became apparent without some family history indicating Huthwaite connections, then a common surname was rarely enough data on which to verify identities.

Produced 04 Dec 06 - Revised 03 Jan 07