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Mic, WW1 Bradford Group Chairman, opens the new commemorative display that is now situated in the Town Hall, 2nd floor, just outside of the Debating Chamber. The opening was attended by a large number of guests who afterwards were provided with a buffet and refreshments in the Banqueting Hall

The ‘Names recorded on Bradford Memorials’ database have been updated with 80 records from Salem Church Roll of Honour and 52 records from St Johns Church (Little Horton) Roll of Honour. Both these church’s have been demolished.

Many thanks to reader contributions who loaned and/or donated these Rolls of Honour. Without the names being available for transcription they would have been lost to their descendants.

The transcription of the National Roll of Honour complements the Bradford Roll of Honour in that it provides addition data to that  of the Bradford Roll of Honour.

Some names are included on both the Rolls of Honour and there are also  addition names included on the National Roll of Honour that do not appear in the Bradford Roll of Honour.

The National Roll of Honour includes a short biography of the persons service. This biography has not been fully transcribed due to space constrictions but has been summarised.

One of our members Ray Greenhough transcribed over 36,500 names from the Bradford Roll of Honour. He was invited to meet the Lord Mayor (Clr Love) who thanked him for his work. The full transcribed list has been uploaded to the WW1 Groups web site and his work was recognised in a two page spread in the Telegraph and Argus. His work will aid all researchers looking for ancesters who served in WW1 from Bradford and surrounding townships.