i found through this site that my grandfather is on the roll of honours list in bromley by bow.he worked for the gas light & coke company.i wrote to them to see if they could look into the archives so i could get some more information about him as i have none.i was sent some weeks later a copy of a magazine containing the names of all those in the employ of the company.not only that i was also sent a copy of a photo of him in his uniform i have never seen this before.under his photo was this.. he was mantle maintence fitter at mare st a letter has been received from his officer stating that he earned the respect and admiration of the whole platoon by his determintion never to give in and his refusal to shirk anything i am sure you will take a little comfort from the fact,is that he died as he lived a man..lost generation i thankyou bob.
Here's another thank you recently received by Channel 4:
I lost both my grandfathers on the Somme. One is dedicated on the cenotaph where I live and I visit every armistice day, but I couldn't find a memorial with my other grandfather on. Thanks to the lost generation web site I'm now close to locating it.
It was in St Augustines church, Basford, Notts. The church was demolished in 1988 but the war memorial was saved, unfortunately it as been left in a stonemasons yard ever since and I'm now awaiting a call to tell me where.
There are 174 names remembered on this plaque, a stonemasons yard is not where this should be and I will do my utmost to resurrect it and get it put back to a suitable place.
The Find a Memorial section on the web site is just what was needed, I tried the British Legion, the Council, even the Sherwood Foresters, ( the regiment he was in ), no one knew where the memorials were.
