This web site is very pleased to announce that for the first time since the end of the First World War, Peterborough now has a war memorial worthy of the men from the city who died during that conflict and which records all of their names and details. Something that this web site has long been asking for.
Above: The Sprite Chapel in Peterborough Cathedral showing the Second World War Book of Remembrance on the right, and the new First World War book of Remembrance on the left.
How the Sprite Chapel looked before the new book and its case were installed.
Please now go to the World War I introduction page for more details regarding the new memorial.
Welcome to the Peterborough War Memorial
Below is a brief description of the page subjects which can be found on this site.
World War I: This is the Peterborough War Memorial, First World War Roll of Honour. From here you can access Army, Airforce and Navy casualties. You will also find a link to a page on which is recorded a number of letters received by the families of some of the casualties describing the circumstances of their deaths. I have now introduced a section listing the men from Peterborough who fought, and in some cases died, in 1914.
World War II: This is the Peterborough War Memorial, Second World War Roll of Honour. From here you can access Army, Airforce, Navy and civilian casualties.
Eye War Memorial: Eye was a small village situated just outside Peterborough during the First World War. However, over the years Peterborough has grown and stretched out towards Eye, enveloping it and making it part of the city. For this reason I thought it only right to add it to the Peterborough War Memorial.
Links: This is a short list of websites that I have found useful in the past.
