MAY 2007,  Surveyed the War memorial in Purton for the War Memorials Trust (WMT) . Noted down the names etc & casualy researched a couple of them just out of intrest.  This led from one thing to another, i read Dr Belts book covering the War Memorials in Purton & realised that slowly i was finding more detail than was currently published.

JUNE 2007, research was started proper.  Whilst researching the names on the Memorial i started to uncover more names connected with the village that were also of intrest.  With alot of help online with my friends @ the Great War Forum i was able to carry out indepth research on some & a more general search on the rest of the names. Decided that the best way to get the detail displayed would be in a booklet, Rick gave me the advice & the kids at Braden Forest joined the project & agreed to do me the drawings. I also decided that ALL proceeds should go to a worthy cause, i eventually decided that The Royal British Legion would recieve any monies raised.

MARCH 2008, first print run of 120 copies.

APRIL 2008, got the Evening Advertiser to do me a bit of coverage that boosted sales outside the village.  It was around this time i realised that i was getting so much detail that the booklet alone wouldn`t be able to convey all the detail, a WEB site would have to be created to give all the researched material a better chance of reaching more people.

APRIL 24th, 2nd print run of a further 50 copies.

JULY 2008, happy to be able to send a cheque to The Royal British Legion head office in London for £313.

AUGUST 2008, further cheque to The RBL for £50.

AUGUST 24th, WEB site launched.

There remains alot of material to research, i am also collecting photos of headstones from across the globe, so far i have over 55, hopefully i will be able to collect photos for all Purton men who fell, these i will in the fullness of time display in a gallery page on this site. 

NOVEMBER 8th, Photographs of headstones & Memorial tablets added to the site, please ask permission to reproduce them.

NOVEMBER 23rd, added another lad with a Purton link. Charles Kibblewhite is the 24th name with links to the village that isn`t recorded on the War Memorial in Purton.