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Title: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: towthorpe32 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
Title: Re: Great War Centemary webste
Post by: KGarrad on Wednesday 27 January 21 09:05 GMT (UK)
Did you mean the Commonwealth War Graves Commission?
www.cwgc.org.uk
Title: Re: Great War Centemary webste
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Wednesday 27 January 21 09:21 GMT (UK)

.......or Lives of the First World War.
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/
Title: Re: Great War Centemary webste
Post by: Girl Guide on Wednesday 27 January 21 09:23 GMT (UK)
This one perhaps?

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/events/2014-2018-ww1-centenary-events.htm
Title: Re: Great War Centemary webste
Post by: Girl Guide on Wednesday 27 January 21 09:25 GMT (UK)
Or a personal accounts one?

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/experience/autobiography.htm
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: towthorpe32 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
Title: Re: Great War Centemary webste
Post by: ev 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......


ev
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: SharonAnne on Wednesday 27 January 21 13:59 GMT (UK)
Was it The Long, Long Trail - https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: towthorpe32 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
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 27 January 21 14:56 GMT (UK)
I remember it, was it the Oxford University one, I used it a lot as it had a lot of diaries and photos, and other war related info.
Carol
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 27 January 21 14:58 GMT (UK)
Was it this one one:

http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa

Carol
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: Flemming on Wednesday 27 January 21 15:27 GMT (UK)
Quote from: towthorpe32 on Wednesday 27 January 21 14:30 GMT (UK)
There were a lot of poppies on this site ... it's really buggin' me  ;D

This one? Tower of London remembers - Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red.

https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/tower-of-london-remembers/#gs.rbcthn
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: towthorpe32 on Wednesday 27 January 21 15:55 GMT (UK)
Thanks for all the suggestions - I haven't seen it yet.

I suspect it used the data from the CWGC so all war dead were there...
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: Flemming on Wednesday 27 January 21 16:17 GMT (UK)
Was it the dedications page of the Tower of London site? The link is below but not sure if it will work now.

https://poppydedications.hrp.org.uk/?_ga=2.154847416.1609739390.1611761133-1995235910.1611761133
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: arthurk on Wednesday 27 January 21 16:20 GMT (UK)
I don't think it's specifically a centenary one, but the Roll of Honour site has a poppy on it:

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/

Edit:
there's another site with a similar name - see reply #16
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: ShaunJ on Wednesday 27 January 21 16:22 GMT (UK)
Are you sure you are not thinking of the Lives of the First World War project?

"This innovative digital project ran from 12 May 2014 to 19 March 2019. From individuals and families, to communities and organisations, more than 160,000 people collaborated to piece together the lives of people who experienced the conflict, through sharing anecdotes and digitising material that has been hidden away in attics until now."

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/about
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: arthurk on Wednesday 27 January 21 16:24 GMT (UK)
To add to my reply #14, there's another Roll of Honour site (with poppies) at

https://roll-of-honour.org.uk/
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: towthorpe32 on Thursday 28 January 21 13:57 GMT (UK)
Hi all

The IWM site is similar but doesn't seem to have those who died abroad...?

I'm amazed at the number of sites related to the Great War!!

Many thanks

Martin
Title: Re: Great War Centenary webste
Post by: towthorpe32 on Thursday 28 January 21 16:15 GMT (UK)
FOUND IT!!

https://www.everyoneremembered.org/

Thanks to everybody for posting on the thread - some great sites to look at!

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MJW