My last post noted that we have 22 men unidentified, and I think it likely now that we are only going to find these if someone thinks it might be a member of their family. Publicity is the key. As a start I'll be placing the men in a high profile place on this website, just working out where!
The listing is now live. The identified Aston men found on the Screen Walls are detailed using the same format.
Late July 2023 and the work moves on apace. The Aston Parish Church Memorial lisiting is complete, as is that for the 8th Royal Warwickshire Battalion, Aston Churchyard and the GEC Roll of Honour. Wit
The website, and the project, is relaunching today, with a broader remit. I will be attempting to identify Aston men who died in WW1 from a range of Memorials and publications, not just that of the Me