A university team is searching for the families of soldiers from the Middlesex regiment who served in the First World War to build up its travelling exhibition archive.
Students from Middlesex University in North London are hoping to talk to the families of soldiers from the regiment who lived in Fulham, Kensington and Hounslow.
As part of the commemorations for the hundredth anniversary of the First World War, the team is building up an archive of stories from London regiments to contribute towards a travelling exhibition for schools which will make its way across the old county of Middlesex.
The project is being led by Middlesex University journalism professor and BBC broadcaster, Kurt Barling , alongside oral history organisation, Eastside Community Heritage which holds an archive of around 30,000 hours of recorded oral history material.
Professor Barling said: "The stories of these unknown heroes currently live on in family folklore. This project presents a chance, and one time opportunity, to gather these stories before it is too late and re-tell the lost and forgotten stories of contributions and sacrifices that Empire and Commonwealth soldiers made during the Great War.”
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the students will document, record and interpret the experiences of soldiers who served in the Middlesex Regiment between 1914 and 1918.
To share family stories, photographs, or to find out more about the project, contact Professor Barling on k.barling@mdx.ac.uk or Eastside Community Heritage at office@ech.org.uk
