Westbury Area Family History Group has been working for the past three and a half years on a project to find the men of Westbury and the villages of Westbury Leigh and Dilton Marsh who went to war.
To date they have found the names of approximately 400 men who were either born in Westbury or were living here and went to serve their country in the Great War and returned home.
As we enter 2018 the group has started to work towards presenting all the research in a exhibition that will be held at All Saints Church in November. It will form part of the town, and national commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the ending of the Great War. The exhibition aims to look the families, homes and work that they left behind and what happened to the returning men after the war.
The group is also working on a poppy display. They want to build on the wonderful display that was created this year, at the War Memorial and extend it to All Saints Church, both inside and out. So they are asking if anyone who can knit or crochet to help them achieve a magnificent display that will pay tribute to all these men. One or one hundred, all poppies will be gratefully received. They can be dropped off at EJ Crafts, the Heritage Centre and the parish office at All Saints Church.
Lynne Vercoe of the Family History Group
