Model for researching local war memorials

1. Researching our local
WW1 stories
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2. To discover what role local
people played in the First
World War
To develop research skills and
independent learning
Objectives

3. The brief
You need to:
 choose a person from the memorial or roll of
honour
 complete the factfile about them
 create a montage of relevant images and maps
 label and place your poppies on the display

4.  Sometimes it is easier to find people with a more unusual
surname
 Are you interested in researching the war at sea, on land or
in the air?
 Do you want to find out about a whole family’s war?
 If you can’t find the first person you have chosen try another
name – there are stories behind every name
Who to choose?

5. Owen
Goodey

6.  Cross reference
with Barking War
Memorial
O. R. Goodey
http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/leisureartsandlibraries/parksandcountryside/pages
/warmemorial.aspx

7.  Enter basic information: surname; initials, war
Now go to the Commonwealth War
Graves website
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
Click on his name
to find out more

8. View and save the certificate and then find out more

9.  You will be able to find a map and photograph
of the cemetery and pinpoint where Owen is
buried

10.  Go to http://www.ancestryinstitution.com
 Click on UK Census Records 1911
 Put in as much information about Owen as you
know
Now try to find Owen on the 1911 Census

12. 1911 Census for Owen

13. Now search the Military Records

14. Find his medal
rolls card

15.  This tells us Owen
received 2 medals
 The Victory Medal
 The British War Medal
These campaign medals
were awarded to all who
fought and were nicknamed
‘Squeak’ and ‘Wilfred’.
If you fought in 1914 or 1915
you were awarded the Star
medal or ‘Pip’

16.  To find out more about Owen’s war experience go to
http://www.1914-1918.net
 Here you can locate his regiment and find out what action they saw
Experience
of War

17.  Got to Infantry regiments and find Owen’s regiment
Now find the 56th Division…

18.  This tells us the
battles that
Owen is likely to
have been
involved in
 It also tells us
the battle he
was fighting in
when he died

19.  Go to http://firstworldwar.com/maps/index.htm
Maps

20.  Choose the appropriate map
 Mark on the map where you
think the battle took
place/where Owen was when
he died
 Use information from both
websites to find out more about
the experiences on the Western
Front that Owen might have
been involved in

21. And finally…

22.  Complete the Factfile
Now it is your turn!