Who were they?
We combine supplied clues with casualty, commemoration and military records to identify credible people. If the evidence is not strong enough, Find stops rather than guessing.
THEIR WAR · FAMILY MILITARY HISTORY
FIRST WORLD WAR · CASUALTY BETA
Their name survived.
Recover their story.
“The person is the subject. The war is the context.”
Beta V1 begins with British/Commonwealth personnel who died while serving in the First World War. Their War uses casualty and military evidence to identify the person safely, then reconstructs the surviving record into a story worth keeping.
Casualty evidence anchors identityEvidence stays attachedUncertainty stays visible
CONTROLLED BETA V1
Start where the records are strongest.
The first beta deliberately focuses on First World War personnel who died in service. Survivor and unknown-outcome research remains future work until this strongest-record route has been proven with real families.
What can be proved?
Selected-person research verifies and expands civilian life, military service and archival evidence while preserving contradictions.
Keep their story.
The verified research becomes a readable family narrative with source provenance and room for family photographs and memories.
SIMPLE BY DESIGN
From a family clue to a lasting story.
No research maze. No silent identity guess.
01Tell us what you know
Start with the name of someone who died while serving in the First World War. Service numbers, regiment, home town, death date and memorial clues can make Find much stronger.
02Establish the casualty
Their War separates credible casualty candidates from thin leads, explains why they fit, and proceeds only when the identity is strong enough to confirm.
03Discover and preserve
Deeper research turns the surviving evidence into a sourced family story.
FIRST FAMILIES
Have a First World War casualty in your family?
Request a place in the casualty-only Beta V1. Submitting the form does not start paid research.
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