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National Roll of Honour Goes Live 2023

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.

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Battle Field Trip 2023

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Bradford Roll of Honour 2022

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.

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Bradford Roll of Honour goes LIVE 2022

The book Bradford Roll of Honour Great War 1914-1918

The full transcription of the Bradford Roll of Honour, that contains over 36,500 names of those who served in WW1, is now available for viewing on the Bradford WW1 web site

Many thanks for a grant from the Heritage Fund, administered by the Bradford Metropolitan Council, without whom this project would not be available for viewing

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Pals Commemoration 1 July 2020

Coronavirus restrictions reduced the annual Pals’ commemoration to very small impromptu gatherings, including a handful of WW1 Group members who met at the Pals’ memorial on 1 July.   The Chairman gave a brief, impromptu appreciation of the immense cost of the losses sustained on that day in 1916 and placed a wreath on behalf of the group.  Another member then read a short poem by Somme survivor Walter Hare.

In France, Jean-Luc Tabary, the Mayor of Hébuterne, placed the wreath at the Pals’ memorial on behalf of the Lord Mayor of Bradford and the WW1 Group.  The position of this memorial on the Front line of 1 July 1916 could not be more appropriate.  It’s difficult to fully express our gratitude to Mayor Jean-Luc for offering this site, his organising of the installation by local builders and for his ongoing care in maintaining the area.

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