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Update at @ 12 October

Summary 953 – Men identified with service number (+1 this month) 746 – Confirmed ’08 service numbers (+2) 87 – Men identified without service number (+1) 55 – Portraits (+11) 47 – Descendants contacted (+6) 31 – Profiles drafted (+5) Read more

By Lambo, 3 yearsOctober 15, 2022 ago
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Update @ 5 September

Summary 952 – Men identified with service number (+3 this month) 744 – Confirmed ’08 service numbers (+2) 86 – Men identified without service number 50 – Portraits (+10) 41 – Descendants contacted (+16) 26 – Profiles drafted August was Read more

By Lambo, 3 yearsSeptember 5, 2022 ago
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Update @ 5 Aug

Summary 949 – Men identified with service number (+3 this month) 742 – Confirmed ’08 service numbers (+3) 86 – Men identified without service number (-1) 40 – Portraits (+13) 23 – Descendants contacted July was an important month for Read more

By Lambo, 3 yearsAugust 5, 2022 ago
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Update @ 4 July

Summary 946 – Men identified with service number (+8 this month) 739 – Confirmed ’08 service numbers (+8) 86 – Men identified without service number (+1) 27 – Portraits (+5) It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster this month. Its Read more

By Lambo, 3 yearsJuly 4, 2022 ago
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June – A really productive month

Summary 938 – Men identified with service number (+9 this month) 731 – Confirmed ’08 service numbers (+10) 85 – Men identified without service number (+85) 22 – Portraits (+1) June was a really productive month with progress in a Read more

By Lambo, 3 yearsJune 9, 2022 ago
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May Update – 929 men identified

Update 929 – Men identified 721 – Confirmed ’08 service numbers 21 – Portraits confirmed Its been a bit of a slow month as I’ve needed to focus on finding a new job. That said, progress has included uploading the Read more

By Lambo, 3 yearsMay 20, 2022 ago
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April Update

March was another productive month with progress being made on a number of fronts. National Archives I was lucky enough to have the time for a trip to the National Archives in Kew. My aims were two-fold, to look for Read more

By Lambo, 4 yearsApril 3, 2022 ago
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March Update

Its been another productive month where I’ve mostly focussed on finding new service records on Findmypast which I’ve subscribed to thanks to some great advice (the indexing is so much better). This has led to finding another 70 men and Read more

By Lambo, 4 yearsMarch 13, 2022 ago
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UPDATE – 845 men identified, 17 confirmed portraits, 6 profiles completed

In January, I’ve had a lot of time to focus on the project – I’m in-between jobs so I’ve made a lot of progress. The biggest step forward was putting the searchable Nominal Roll on-line, complete with basic pages showing Read more

By Lambo, 4 yearsFebruary 3, 2022 ago
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Nominal Roll Updated & Improved

Its taken some time (and quite a bit of head scratching), but I’m pleased to say that the new Nominal Roll is now up and running. The roll can be accessed from the main menu by clicking on ‘The Men’, Read more

By Lambo, 4 yearsJanuary 28, 2022 ago

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