Here we have this publication entitled The National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 LUTON Section V on CD Rom covering LUTON.
It was produced circa 1920 by the National Publishing Company, it was the companies initial intention too produce these Rolls of Honour to cover the whole country.
However they went into liquidation not so long after they began to produce them, a total of fourteen areas were produced before the companies decline.
They are set out alphabetically by surname, they contain a variety of details about each serviceman, including medals awarded.
They also contain an address for each entry, this would be the address of either the serviceman himself or his next of kin.
HERE IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE
FOSTER A. PRIVATE 1ST Hertfordshire Regt.
He volunteered in 1914, and in the following in year was drafted to the Western Front, where he took part in the heavy fighting at Hill 60, Festubert, The Somme, Messines, Albert & Ypres and was twice wounded. He was taken prisoner at Cambrai in March 1918, and after his return home was demobilised in December 1919, holding the 1914-15 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals.
Lower Green, Ickleford, Hitchin. 1840/A
AREAS COVERED
ABBOTS LANGLEY (HERTS) - AMPTHILL - ASPLEY GUISE
BARTON - BIGGLESWADE - BOXMOOR - BREACHWOOD GREEN (NEAR WELWYN) - BUSHEY (HERTS)
CALLOWLAND - COTTON END
DUNSTABLE
EATON BRAY
FLITWICK
GREENFIELD
HARLINGTON - HARPENDEN - HATFIELD - HEMEL HEMPSTEAD - HITCHIN - HOUGHTON REGIS
ICKLEFORD
LEAGRAVE - LEIGHTON BUZZARD - LETCHWORTH - LILLEY - LONDON COLNEY - LUTON
MARKYATE
OXHEY
POTTON
RICKMANSWORTH (HERTS)
SANDY - SHEFFORD - SHILLINGTON - SILSOE - SLIP END - SOUTHILL - ST ALBANS
TODDINGTON
WALSWORTH - WATFORD - WESTONING - WHEATHAMPSTEAD (HERTS) - WILSHAMSTEAD - WOBURN - WOBURN SANDS
