New Project

gen · 19-08-2007, 08:10 PM

Hi All,

In view of the cost of a photograph from the private websites such as the Maple Leaf Legacy and the BWMP i have decided to start a new Project, the aims of the project are set out below.
I am already working with The Veterans Affairs Canada team and have been working with them for the last year or so. I'm hoping to also be working with a New Zealand and South African goverments who i have been in contact with for the last few weeks.
The Project is called The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project and here are the aims.

The aim of this project is to work in conjunction with the governments or similar bodies in each Commonwealth Country to develop or contribute to a source of FREE online information of their war casualties.
Our hope is to include all the information we can, including attestation papers, service records, medal records, war diaries, photographs of headstones and memorials and any other information available.
If you are interested in helping with such a project or you are looking for a relative and would like our help please join our group and become a part of the Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.
COMMONWEALTH ROLL OF HONOUR PROJECTS

Please email me or PM me should you wish to help or if you have any questions. I hope that you will be able to join the Project and look forward to working with anyone who wishes to help.

A proper website will hopefully be up and running within the next couple of months.

Best wishes
Mike (Gen)

morse1001 · 19-08-2007, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gen

Hi All,

In view of the cost of a photograph from the private websites such as the Maple Leaf Legacy and the BWMP i have decided to start a new Project, the aims of the project are set out below.
I am already working with The Veterans Affairs Canada team and have been working with them for the last year or so. I'm hoping to also be working with a New Zealand and South African goverments who i have been in contact with for the last few weeks.
The Project is called The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project and here are the aims.

The aim of this project is to work in conjunction with the governments or similar bodies in each Commonwealth Country to develop or contribute to a source of FREE online information of their war casualties.
Our hope is to include all the information we can, including attestation papers, service records, medal records, war diaries, photographs of headstones and memorials and any other information available.
If you are interested in helping with such a project or you are looking for a relative and would like our help please join our group and become a part of the Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.
COMMONWEALTH ROLL OF HONOUR PROJECTS

Please email me or PM me should you wish to help or if you have any questions. I hope that you will be able to join the Project and look forward to working with anyone who wishes to help.

A proper website will hopefully be up and running within the next couple of months.

Best wishes

Mike (Gen)

I tried joining the group as i have a hotmail passport but it would not let me!

Kitty · 19-08-2007, 09:54 PM

will join when the website is set up.

and anyone who volunteers, kiss your knees and ankles goodbye.

gen · 19-08-2007, 10:37 PM

Just PM'ed you Morse, sorry it wouldn't let you join, i'll try to sort that out asap.
Mike

spidge · 19-08-2007, 11:47 PM

Hi Mike,

A very worthwhile project. I can only reinforce that areas like photos of headstones and memorials should be available free. That is why I have commenced my project to provide the photos of the RAAF deaths around the world. Mike and his contacts have been very helpful in assisting me with many of my photo requirements.

These volunteers around the world, who spent their time taking these photos for these projects did not charge or receive a cent and would have been under the impression that these would have been available to interested parties without charge.

I wish you well with your efforts.

And yes Kitty, it is a re-awakening to your knees and ankles.

Wise1 · 19-08-2007, 11:55 PM

Looks good, I will sign up.

gen · 20-08-2007, 12:01 AM

Hi Spidge,

Just sent you what i have got in Sussex which is 2 of the 4 cemeteries. I have asked my volunteer to pop out and get the others for you.

Mike

gen · 20-08-2007, 12:03 AM

You'll be made more than welcome Wise1. If you could email me your location in Scotland i can send you a spreadsheet with what i need in your area.

Kitty, You should try Brookwood with more than 13,000 buried there. My knees were like jelly at the end of the day, lol.

Thankyou all.
Mike

spidge · 20-08-2007, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gen

Hi Spidge,

Just sent you what i have got in Sussex which is 2 of the 4 cemeteries. I have asked my volunteer to pop out and get the others for you.

Mike

Thanks Mike.

Kitty · 20-08-2007, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gen

You'll be made more than welcome Wise1. If you could email me your location in Scotland i can send you a spreadsheet with what i need in your area.

Kitty, You should try Brookwood with more than 13,000 buried there. My knees were like jelly at the end of the day, lol.

Thankyou all.
Mike

Try Leek Cemetery. never have i come across burials on hills that are basically 1in2 slopes.

Ouch.

And you can keep brookwood, i have been wading through stuff better not mentioned to get you your photos

19-08-2007, 08:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
gen Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 124	New Project Hi All, In view of the cost of a photograph from the private websites such as the Maple Leaf Legacy and the BWMP i have decided to start a new Project, the aims of the project are set out below. I am already working with The Veterans Affairs Canada team and have been working with them for the last year or so. I'm hoping to also be working with a New Zealand and South African goverments who i have been in contact with for the last few weeks. The Project is called The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project and here are the aims. The aim of this project is to work in conjunction with the governments or similar bodies in each Commonwealth Country to develop or contribute to a source of FREE online information of their war casualties. Our hope is to include all the information we can, including attestation papers, service records, medal records, war diaries, photographs of headstones and memorials and any other information available. If you are interested in helping with such a project or you are looking for a relative and would like our help please join our group and become a part of the Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. COMMONWEALTH ROLL OF HONOUR PROJECTS Please email me or PM me should you wish to help or if you have any questions. I hope that you will be able to join the Project and look forward to working with anyone who wishes to help. A proper website will hopefully be up and running within the next couple of months. Best wishes Mike (Gen) __________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget

19-08-2007, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
gen Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 124	Just PM'ed you Morse, sorry it wouldn't let you join, i'll try to sort that out asap. Mike __________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget

19-08-2007, 11:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Hi Mike, A very worthwhile project. I can only reinforce that areas like photos of headstones and memorials should be available free. That is why I have commenced my project to provide the photos of the RAAF deaths around the world. Mike and his contacts have been very helpful in assisting me with many of my photo requirements. These volunteers around the world, who spent their time taking these photos for these projects did not charge or receive a cent and would have been under the impression that these would have been available to interested parties without charge. I wish you well with your efforts. And yes Kitty, it is a re-awakening to your knees and ankles. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

20-08-2007, 12:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
gen Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 124	Hi Spidge, Just sent you what i have got in Sussex which is 2 of the 4 cemeteries. I have asked my volunteer to pop out and get the others for you. Mike __________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget

20-08-2007, 12:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
gen Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 124	You'll be made more than welcome Wise1. If you could email me your location in Scotland i can send you a spreadsheet with what i need in your area. Kitty, You should try Brookwood with more than 13,000 buried there. My knees were like jelly at the end of the day, lol. Thankyou all. Mike __________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget

19-08-2007, 09:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kitty Legendary Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,121	will join when the website is set up. and anyone who volunteers, kiss your knees and ankles goodbye.

19-08-2007, 11:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Wise1 Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,056	Looks good, I will sign up.

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