How Were the Names Collected?

All memorials from the beginning of time to the present, with the exception of the Cenotaph in London, have been erected by the local community as opposed to the government. When looking to see who should be included on the memorial there was no central list of those who had died that a community could write off for. Instead, the collation of names for inclusion on the memorial had an element of hard graft and was done in any number of ways, namely:

• Door-to-door enquiries
• Leaflet posted through the letter box
• Announcement in the church
• An article in the or newspaper
• Word of mouth