The UK National Inventory of War Memorials is reliant upon volunteers in its work to collect information about war memorials located in the United Kingdom. Since its foundation in 1989 thousands of people have helped to record information about war memorials in the UK.

We have recorded over 60,000 of the estimated 100,000 memorials so far, but there is still much information to be collected.

Not only do we need more help with fieldwork but we are also looking for researchers to go through their local archives and find information on the background history of war memorials.

Fieldwork

If you would be interested in helping us with fieldwork, the areas in which we currently need help are:

Northern Ireland
Scotland
London: various districts (please state which areas you are able to cover)
South Glamorgan
Greater Manchester; photographs needed
Avon (named according to the 1974 County Boundaries)

Please note: We cannot pay travel expenses

Research

We need help in most parts of the country for background researchers. If you are interested in helping please use the Advanced Search in our online database to see which memorials have been recorded in your area. This will give you an idea of where we need help and then you can get in touch with us.

Data Inputting

Office Volunteer: We currently have need for one more office volunteer (London) who can help every Thursday. If you have an apptitude for computer based work and are interested in helping us then give us a call.

Remote data inputting: We are currently in the process of retrieving the First World War names database from Channel 4 following our successful partnership with the Lost Generation series. The database will be accessible on the UK National Inventory of War Memorials website once we have transferred and sorted the data. If you are interested in assisting with editing the current names data and inputting further names do contact us.You can work on the project remotely from home and training is provided to help you carry out the task. You will be given a set of memorial names lists to work with and, once edited, you can return these and come back for more if you wish!

If you have any questions regarding volunteering for us or wish to help with any of the above then click here to get in touch.