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November 10th, 2009
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Remembrance Day

Although this post links to World War I & II websites, my thoughts and prayers this Remembrance Day are also with those Welsh men and women currently serving and families of those who have lost their lives in service since both wars.

Some places to locate names of those who gave their lives:

http://www.cwgc.org/   Commonwealth War Graves Commission

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/# Roll of Honour

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/wales.htm Victoria Cross Holders – Wales

For those of you too young to know what life was like in Wales and for Welsh people during the two World Wars, here are some links:

http://www.tpyf-wales.com/index.php?lang=en  Their Past, Your Future.  Commemorating Word War II

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/ww1.shtml World War I and Wales

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/ww2.shtml World War II and Wales

Where to begin searching for your ancestors who served?

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?WT.ac=MHhomepage The National Archives

and their Wiki ‘Your Archives’ at:

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:First_World_War

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:Second_World_War

My thoughts this Remembrance Day are also of Albert and George Cadman (WWI) and my Dad Tom Fitton(WWII), his Dad William and his Uncle Thomas who died in Italy July 3, 1918.

I shall always remember them.

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October 20th, 2009
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Carmarthenshire War Memorial

I was working on links to Carmarthenshire genealogy today and ran across this great website.   Carmarthenshire County War Memorial  An ongoing project to document the men and women of Carmarthenshire who died in both World Wars.

Any other links for Carmarthenshire Genealogy that you would recommend?

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June 3rd, 2009
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WWI Photographs, taken by an unknown French Photographer.

I was fascinated by this article, that came to me via a newsgroup this week.

A treasure trove of First World War photographs was discovered recently in France. Published here for the first time, they show British soldiers on their way to the Somme. But who took them? And who were these Tommies marching off to die?

By John Lichfield
Article from the Independent, Friday, 22 May 2009

Two men have been gathering photographic plates in this area of rural France and have produced the 270 photographs shown in the article. The soldiers are unknown British troops on their way to the Somme. The photographer is also unknown and the collectors are hoping that those viewing the photographs might be able to shed some light on who the soldiers and photographer were.

On a personal note, I received some of my Certificates of Completion for genealogy this week. It was unexpected, but I was very pleased to receive them.

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