Back Issues: Cast in bronze but lost from memory
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The stories about the lives of service personnel named on war memorials have often been lost in time. Their stories lived in the memories of their relatives, who are often no longer with us. Dorothy Pilkington writes about a research project to discover the identity and stories of the young men who served in World War 1. She discovered the life story of Alexander James (Jim) Low, a soldier memorialised on the Feilding War Memorial in Manchester Square. The research uncovered details of his early lfe and his service during Woirld war 1.
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- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- November 9, 2024
- Digitisation id
- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042999
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- Born Digital
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Dorothy Pilkington
- Place
- Manawatū
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