ARCHITECT Helen Glennie from Seil researched each life and story behind all the names inscribed on the Slate Islands’ war memorial, which commemorates local soldiers who died from Kilbrandon Parish during the First and Second World Wars.
Ron Hetherington and Helen Glennie at the war memorial exhibit which Helen spent two yeas compiling.
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‘This has taken me two years,’ Helen said. ‘I did not think it would take me this long. Thirty-nine men lost their lives in the First World War: 20 per cent of the eligible young men. In a small community, 39 is an awful lot. Most of the men who died in the Somme have no known graves. They went over the top and were mown down and killed, blown to bits. I numbered them all one to 39 and put in all the information I could find. I’ve just been researching as much as I can online.’
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