Greyhound Posted 8 November , 2009 Posted 8 November , 2009 Just to say that "Names Familiar To All", the results of my research into our village war memorial, is at last ready for public consumption ... (link in signature). Also available in modest book form for those who don't do computers. May be a few tweaks and a couple of pics to be added, and more material may follow in due course. Can I repeat my thanks to everyone here who has helped with this, and also my boundless gratitude is due to my neighbour Pete for hosting it on his site and doing all the clever stuff to put it there.
Greyhound Posted 8 November , 2009 Author Posted 8 November , 2009 Thank you, Neil. Tis a very modest effort compared with your own undertaking!
clive_hughes Posted 8 November , 2009 Posted 8 November , 2009 Well done Greyhound, a well-researched and fitting tribute to them. My own efforts have still to see the light of day! LST_164
myos Posted 8 November , 2009 Posted 8 November , 2009 A good job well done. Something for those of us trying to 'do' our local Memorials to work towards. Andy
NeilEvans Posted 8 November , 2009 Posted 8 November , 2009 Thank you, Neil. Tis a very modest effort compared with your own undertaking! Mine will take a life time i suspect. Do you have another memorial to focus on? Neil
findabetterole Posted 8 November , 2009 Posted 8 November , 2009 Greyhound... I have only one comment that is in the negative for the info you've placed on the War Memorial site. the 'UK' is not a country, its a collective geographical location consisting of four countries. Berkshire is in England [which is a Country]. Be proud of your routes man... and do those of whom you have researched proud... list the location properly! Seph [a proud Englishman]
Ice Tiger Posted 9 November , 2009 Posted 9 November , 2009 Well done & a fitting tribute. I know only too well how much time, work & frustration goes into such projects Andy
Greyhound Posted 9 November , 2009 Author Posted 9 November , 2009 Thank you all very much for such good feedback! General comment - I would say patience was the key in the case of this project. Given that there were relatively few people to research, I didn't want to 'go public' with it with major mysteries left to solve (and of course this would probably be a vain hope with anything other than a small village memorial). I was prepared to wait another couple of years, but the early launch of the 1911 census was such a blessing. Seph - you are quite right! Believe it or not, that bit isn't mine: Pete pencilled in a few linking lines when putting the site together. He works for an American company and so is used to expressing things in such terms. Bless him, he is very busy, and I am so grateful to him for all his efforts, there are a few other minor changes I have in mind but I must let him have some time to breathe! Neil ... no plans to do another, but I have suggested that people might like to do something similar in the neighbouring villages and of course I will be most willing to offer help if anyone bites. And have had a preliminary nose around in case .... it's addictive - but I don't imagine I could ever feel so close to anyone else's boys, cos I grew up with these names .....
Stephen Nulty Posted 9 November , 2009 Posted 9 November , 2009 A lovely piece of work, very well done.
Nigel Marshall Posted 9 November , 2009 Posted 9 November , 2009 Excellent. Easily navigated and attractively presented. It's on my favourites already. Well done. We will remember them. Cheers, Nigel
ShirlD Posted 9 November , 2009 Posted 9 November , 2009 I am slowly working my way through their names - what a wonderful tribute to the men of East Ilsley. Well done, they are not forgotten. Cheers Shirley
Roger H Posted 9 November , 2009 Posted 9 November , 2009 A fitting memorial to those researched. Feel proud at what you have achieved. Roger
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