Researching our local WW1 stories
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Researching our local
WW1 stories
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To discover what role local
people played in the First
World War
To develop research skills and
independent learning
Objectives
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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
The brief
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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?
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Owen
Goodey
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Cross reference
with Barking War
Memorial
O. R. Goodeyhttp://www.lbbd.gov.uk/leisureartsandlibraries/parksandcountryside/pages
/warmemorial.aspx
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Enter basic information: surname; initials, war
Now go to the Commonwealth War
Graves websitehttp://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
Click on his name
to find out more
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View and save the certificate and then find out more
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You will be able to find a map and photograph
of the cemetery and pinpoint where Owen is
buried
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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
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1911 Census for Owen
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Now search the Military Records
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Find his medal
rolls card
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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’
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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
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Got to Infantry regiments and find Owen’s regiment
Now find the 56th Division…
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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
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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
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And finally…
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Complete the Factfile
Now it is your turn!