HISTORIANS have been working on a definitive database of men who gave their lives in the First World war in time for this year’s centenary of the end of the conflict.

The Saltash and St Stephens war memorials record the names of many men who died in the war - but volunteers at Saltash Heritage have discovered many more who, for various reasons, were not recorded on those memorials, or in Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

They have now compiled a database containing the names of all 140 men with a Saltash connection who gave their lives.

The database also contains service and personal information about each man.

A chronological list of names showing when and where they died is on display at Saltash Heritage Centre.

And an alphabetical list of the names can be found on the group’s website www.saltash-heritage.org.uk

Information about each person is available in folders in Saltash Heritage Museum and Local History Centre.

And researchers who are not able to visit but would like to see what information is available on a particular casualty can email [email protected].

Archivist Terry Cummings said: ‘Saltash Heritage is very grateful to Peter Clements, for his enthusiasm and commitment in wishing to remember all of the casualties from World War One, not just those recorded on the local war memorials.

‘We would also like to thank Christine Douglas who gave up all her free time for a year in order to finish her extensive research into the lives of the casualties and their connection to Saltash.

‘She kindly donated all her data to Saltash Heritage presenting it in a completed and searchable format.’