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WW2 Peoples war archive follow up
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Message 1.Β
Posted by miskimmin (U14661340) on Monday, 25th October 2010
Good Afternoon!
There are several articles written by people in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ WW2 Peoples war that I have information about and would like to contact the author. But have no idea how to do it???
HELP!!
thanks
Iain -
Message 2
Posted by Thomas_B (U1667093) on Monday, 25th October 2010
In case nobody can provide you the help you need, go to:
ItΒ΄s the contact us side of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ from this MB and post your message there again. IΒ΄m sorry but IΒ΄ve no other idea than this, because of the house rules. -
Message 3
Posted by Andrew Host (U1683626) on Tuesday, 26th October 2010
Hi miskimmin,
Unfortunately the Data Protection Act means that we cannot pass on the contact details of any of the contributors to WW2 People's War to third parties.
Many thanks
Andrew -
Message 4
Posted by MB (U177470) on Tuesday, 26th October 2010
Other sites manage to have some system to forward a message so the person can decide whether they want to reply though I suspect that many of the accounts on the People's War site were entered on behalf of someone else and it is not possible to trace the original person telling the story.
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Message 5
Posted by sinbadnick (U14506866) on Tuesday, 26th October 2010
Surely there is no rules against giving part of
article that the person is interested in and then
possibly the person who put the said article on
People's War site may read and reply,I put one on
about the sinking of the Bismark and have even
had a question from a German women about why
did'nt we stop to pick up more survivors and she
got to me through just putting the question to me
through my article. -
Message 6
Posted by MB (U177470) on Tuesday, 26th October 2010
From what I remember many of the stories were collected in places like libraries and other public places. Quite likely the people who originally told the story never look at the Internet and have no EMail address.
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Message 7
Posted by miskimmin (U14661340) on Thursday, 28th October 2010
thanks for the replies!
I understand about data protection. But can the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ not pass on my details to the people that wrote the articles?
Most of the articles actually say that they'd like to hear from anyone with more info. I sent a message to the feedback address about 3 months ago and was ignored.
Such a pity that the reason for doing this archive was to ensure peoples stories were not forgotten, but they've failed to ensure that the information can be used by the people it is important to.
If they can pass on my details then I'm happy to put my email address up here! -
Message 8
Posted by Sambista (U4068266) on Friday, 29th October 2010
I think your posting will be removed if you give your email address on the boards. Hope you manage to find a way to contact those you are interested in.
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Message 9
Posted by miskimmin (U14661340) on Friday, 29th October 2010
there doesn't seem to be a way to contact the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ at all nowadays.
Please Please Please Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ if you read this contact me and allow me to pass on the information I have on these people relatives.
I have uncovered a local's diaries that tells of what happened to many of those killed or captured during the battles along the Ypres-Comines canal in May 1940. -
Message 10
Posted by Tim of Acleah (U1736633) on Saturday, 30th October 2010
I managed to track down an account on peoples war on the bombing of a protected oil storage depot at Falmouth during WW2 for a book I am writing on the petroleum pipeline and storage system builtbefore, during and after WW2.
I creditted the accoun as a footnote.
Tim -
Message 11
Posted by MB (U177470) on Saturday, 30th October 2010
Is the book on that specific oil installation or more general? If more general then I presume you have seen the article on Inchindown in Subterranea?
The full construction plans of the site have been found since the article was written.
It is the one at Ardintoul that I would like to know more about! -
Message 12
Posted by Sambista (U4068266) on Saturday, 30th October 2010
Tim -
I have given up elsewhere. If you want me to have a look at your stuff, Caro knows where to contact me. -
Message 13
Posted by Tim of Acleah (U1736633) on Sunday, 31st October 2010
MB
Inchindown was a navy storage site. The navy were the first of the forces to build large storage depots, prior to WW1, because when they switched from coal to oil they were very concerned about security of supply. Evidence to the Royal Commission on Fuel and engines H.M.S.O 1913. They also built the first cross country pipeline in the UK during WW1 which ran from the Clyde to the Forth to reduce the risk of submarine attack. However those facilities were never part of the pipeline and storage system with which I am concerned and so I have not mentioned the Admiralty facilities much.
regards
Tim -
Message 14
Posted by Tim of Acleah (U1736633) on Sunday, 31st October 2010
Urnugal
noted and I have contacted Caro. I am very sorry if that means you have left Jiglu.
regards as always
Tim -
Message 15
Posted by crusader2 (U14330993) on Monday, 1st November 2010
Hi Miskimmin,
If you have the diary, why don't you transcribe it and publish it online for all the families to see should they go searching their relative's names.
You could match up the names in the diary with the CWGC website details for the casualties that didn't make it back.
AND perhaps make a donation of a copy of the transcription to the Imperial War museum and the regimental museum/archive for the owner of said diary.
It is exactly the type of 1st hand account that they will make very good use of and will treasure.
It is annoying that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ cannot pass on the contacts of contributos to the project, but I know that our local school children interviewed many local residents for their memories, and most of those who were interviewed are no longer with us or are not online at all.
There are WW2 forums, which you could join and post your transcription on, but for something like this, it deserves its own web page with additional research on the soldiers named on the document.
I appreciate that often times the information will be upsetting to some family members, but so it the not knowing what happened, and from my own hunt for every nugget of information about my grandfather that died in WW2, it won't matter how the information is put in the public domain so long as it is out there to be found by family researchers.
Whatever you decide to do, please make sure there is at least one copy of the diary made and donated to the regimental museum if there is one, and perhaps the war museum archive and even the National Archives at Kew to compliment the official war diary reports for that time. -
Message 16
Posted by miskimmin (U14661340) on Friday, 5th November 2010
Already way ahead of you there!
I am a regular poster on the forums and am working in conjunction with the RHF museum. They are hosting some of my research and will be publishing the diaries, local accounts, photo's and audio interviews when the work is complete.
I wanted to get in contact with these people to ensure that the information I had agreed with their recollections and whether they would like to contribute to the RHF website.
It's been a long battle as I have one document written in very localised French, which was a translation of interviews with the Germans after the battle (including patrol reports and sketches) and also a massive Flemish document written by one of the local farmers in the 1950's!
That combined with diaries of those that were there and aerial photography taken a few months afterwards make up a very detailed picture.
Most important of all is that all the records for this action, including the lists of those that took part, were destroyed during a record office fire in the 1980's. So this work is a unique record. The more people related to this action (survivor, relative or local) that I can get involved the better.
The action was the last stand of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, as part of the 17th Brigade along the Ypres-Comines canal in May 1940. -
Message 17
Posted by crusader2 (U14330993) on Saturday, 6th November 2010
Phew, and good for you for undertaking the task.
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Message 18
Posted by Tim of Acleah (U1736633) on Sunday, 21st November 2010
Urnugal
I have sent you chapter 2 which I hope you have received.
regards
Tim -
Message 19
Posted by Pete- Weatherman (U14670985) on Sunday, 21st November 2010
Have you tryed to contact the papers If not local (If known) then a National. one of them might be intrested in running a story considering the resent run on the subject.
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