{"id":246,"date":"2014-12-10T20:23:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T20:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/forest-of-dean-ww1-servicemen\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:33:57","slug":"forest-of-dean-ww1-servicemen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/data-to-search\/forest-of-dean-ww1-servicemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest of Dean WW1 Servicemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_5cd26a65 height_medium width_full\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_2\" title=\"Search WWI Servicemen\" href=\"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/data-to-search\/forest-of-dean-ww1-servicemen\/search-wwi-servicemen\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Search WW1 Servicemen<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The information in this database was compiled by Martin Davies and David Drinkwater. The idea behind the data was to try and create a list of all those men with connections to The Forest of Dean who in any way served their country during WW1 and not just those that were killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The names recorded so far total over 6000. The information that might be listed about a soldier has come from various sources. These include military records, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and local newspapers ( The Gloucester Journal, The Forest Mercury and the Cheltenham Chronicle &amp; Glos Graphic).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An entry may just record a mans name and abode or include details transcribed from a newspaper article that could also include a photograph. Although we have some of these images they are not yet on the website or linked to an entry, it is hoped that this will be possible in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The information in this database is being added to all the time and there may be more than one entry for a particular serviceman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If any one can add more detail or a photograph to those listed or provide details of servicemen not in the database and would like them included please <a href=\"index.php?option=com_contact&amp;view=category&amp;id=4&amp;Itemid=101\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Search WW1 ServicemenThe information in this database was compiled by Martin Davies and David Drinkwater. The idea behind the data was to try and create a list of all those men with connections to The Forest of Dean who in any way served their country during WW1 and not just those that were killed. The...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":306,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54078,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions\/54078"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}