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Wendy

Wendy Report 16 Aug 2009 23:35

I am conducting some research for the London Borough of Islington’s Heritage Services Department for the Borough’s proposed on-line Book of Remembrance. This will have the names and as much detail as possible about every individual born or who lived in the Borough, civilian and servicemen/women, who lost their lives as a result of warfare during the 20th century. To date we have compiled details for 10,000 individuals as well as many thousands of their close relatives (as next-of-kin, parents, spouses and siblings). The modern Borough of Islington comprises districts such as Islington itself, Finsbury, Canonbury, Barnsbury, Highbury, St. Luke’s, Clerkenwell, Holloway and parts of Highgate, Tufnell Park and Finsbury Park.

If you believe you have information about a family member who came from what is now Islington or who lived there at the time of their death, through conflict (Second Boer War, WW1, WW2 or any other 20th century conflict, civilian or military), I would be most grateful to hear from you. Our aim is to try to embellish the biographies of each person with additional detail – especially media such as images. Reminiscences would also be extremely welcome. The aim is for the Book of Remembrance to go live later this year.

Thank you very much in anticipation. Of course, I would, be more than happy to share the information I have gleaned from a number of sources, including Islington’s own archive.

Thank you

Best wishes

Wendy Hawkins
Research assistant
Islington Remembrance Project

jean

jean Report 30 Jun 2012 21:24

Hi Wendy, I was born in Highbury N5, my Dad was a fireman 1939-45 and saw a lot of the sadness but I have no names for you. off duty he was a warden and often would leave the air raid shelter to go and help those poor souls on whose homes the bombs had dropped. i think we must have lost some family but never heard about them as I was only little... Only thing I know of was a bomb dropped close by and my auntie, cousin and i were in the hall when it happened the glass was of course blown in from the windows and the "lino" rolled itself up around us must have been frightening. I do get more information will let you know.
Jean M.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Jun 2012 22:19

Jean

As the post is nearly three years out of date, I would imagine the book is complete by now

Extract from the 2009 post....................

" The aim is for the Book of Remembrance to go live later this year."