The most frequently found war memorials relate to the First and
Second World Wars, although occasionally other wars may be
mentioned, such as the South African War. Details about individuals
on memorials can vary greatly.
Peterborough Central Library holds printed lists of those who
died during the First World War from the Huntingdonshire Cyclist
Battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment, the Bedfordshire Regiment,
the Northamptonshire Regiment, and a few others. In the office
library are copies of The War Graves of the British Empire, for
cemeteries and churchyards in Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire,
Northamptonshire, Peterborough and Rutland.
Huntingdon Record Office also has the Bedford and Northampton
(including Hunts) volume of The National Roll of the Great War
1914-1918, which includes the names of all those who served.
Please ask a member of staff if you wish to see this book.
For the Second World War, Peterborough Central Library has
copies of The War Dead of the Commonwealth, covering cemeteries and
churchyards in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and
Northamptonshire.
Further information about Peterborians who died in the First and
Second World Wars can be found at http://www.pboro-memorial.com/.
Peterborough Central Library holds the following national
information on soldiers and officers who died in the First and
Second World Wars:
- Soldiers and officers died 1914-1918, CD-ROM
- Soldiers and officers died 1939-1945, CD-ROM
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: http://www.cwgc.org/ provides a great
deal of information on Commonwealth soldiers who were injured or
died in the First and Second World Wars.
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