The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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Article appeared in The Herald Wednesday 10/11/2010, Page 10.

"Hundreds of Britons who died doing their duty in the First World War remain unheralded, a historian said yesterday.
Those overlooked who made the ultimate sacrifice included an unknown number of women killed in Europe and munitions workers who lost their lives in factory explosions across Britain during the conflict.
Manchester University historian Dr. Anne-Marie Claire Hughes said they were not officially recognised by the Government or the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
None of the victims' families received the death plaque or a scroll or letter and they also lost out on state benefits, she said.
Dr. Hughes, from the university's School of Arts Histories and Cultures, said: "I think it was a natural result of the authorities struggling to cope with the huge numbers of servicemen killed.""

John