Global War Graves Leicester: Historical Research

Tuesday, 31 October 2017

International Epitaph: Sergeant Frank Nicholls Knight

Today's blog post is not by us and is not hosted on this site- instead it's by the fantastic Sarah Wearne of the 'Great War Epitaphs' daily research project!

Sarah kindly agreed to feature another one (see her first one here) of the international First World War burials at Leicester, Sergeant Frank Nicholls Knight, as her daily epitaph for today. She researched the personal history and social context behind his epitaph, "An O.L. / He became a profitable member of the King and Commonwealth". Click here to read the full post!

Monday, 25 September 2017

International Epitaph: Private Albert Wellington Jarman

Today's blog post is not by us and is not hosted on this site- instead it's by the fantastic Sarah Wearne of the 'Great War Epitaphs' daily research project!

Sarah kindly agreed to feature one of the international First World War burials at Leicester, Private Albert Wellington Jarman, as her daily epitaph for today. She researched the personal history and social context behind his epitaph, "He gave his life that we should live", and traced his journey from Leicester to Canada to Leicester again over thirty years. Click here to read the full post!

About the Project

There are 298 First World War casualties buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Leicester's Welford Road cemetery. (And many more commemorated on private headstones). Not all of them are British, and not all of them are men. There are also Australians, Belgians, Canadians, and an Indian, whose 'name liveth forever more' in stone in Leicester. This project aims to explore and bring to light how these people ended up in Leicester; how their identities were negotiated in death; and how even the British burials alongside them also had connections throughout and beyond the UK. The purpose of this research will be to challenge and expand our understandings of the relationship between local and global in terms of Leicester and the First World War.