By Hadley Duncan Howard
of FamilySearch
A hundred years goes by quickly. It’s long enough ago to have forgotten details; not so long ago that they can’t be recovered.
At the centennial of the beginning of World War I, England’s Imperial War Museums (IWM) has launched Lives of the First World War (Be sure you click on this. This is an excellent source.), a collaborative online project aiming to document and remember the more than 8 million men and women of . . .
of FamilySearch
A hundred years goes by quickly. It’s long enough ago to have forgotten details; not so long ago that they can’t be recovered.
At the centennial of the beginning of World War I, England’s Imperial War Museums (IWM) has launched Lives of the First World War (Be sure you click on this. This is an excellent source.), a collaborative online project aiming to document and remember the more than 8 million men and women of . . .
the Commonwealth involved in the war effort. Your help is needed to discover and tell the life stories of those who served in uniform and worked on the home front.
While the war was still being fought, IWM asked the public to help create a record so complete that every active individual – male or female, soldier, sailor, airman or civilian, British or a member of the Commonwealth – would find a record of their contribution. But with millions of people involved, not everyone could be named. Many stories could not be told. Now, in the information age, IWM is building a permanent digital memorial to honor and remember the valuable contributions of so many.
IWM is calling for public help in identifying contributors, piecing together their life stories, and remembering that such a great effort was expended, and victory achieved – bit by bit – by individual people with individual stories.
While the war was still being fought, IWM asked the public to help create a record so complete that every active individual – male or female, soldier, sailor, airman or civilian, British or a member of the Commonwealth – would find a record of their contribution. But with millions of people involved, not everyone could be named. Many stories could not be told. Now, in the information age, IWM is building a permanent digital memorial to honor and remember the valuable contributions of so many.
IWM is calling for public help in identifying contributors, piecing together their life stories, and remembering that such a great effort was expended, and victory achieved – bit by bit – by individual people with individual stories.
