I sent this to David off-list, meaning to publish it on the list: The National Roll of the Great War, Section IV (Southampton) is an extremely useful book (I have two copies of it!). Both my grandfathers and a number of great uncles appear in it. The entries were by subscription and I think 16 volumes were produced after WW1, however the project ran out of money before it was completed. It is extremely useful in that it includes a "potted" history of anyone who was engaged on "war-work" and not just a record of those who perished. However, I have found that it does have a number of errors in the potted histories. For example, both my grandfathers were stated as "volunteering in 1914", when in fact both of them had already been in the Royal Navy for a number of years. The entry for one grandfather, Leonard Charles Mabey, is: He volunteered in August 1914 and served on board HMS Vindictive on the high seas. He cruised to South America, Russia and France, engaged on important duties and later was transferred to "P16" on which vessel he served until his demobiliosation in February 1919. He holds the 1914-1915 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. Living at 42 Malmesbury Rd, Shirley Southampton. I dont mind doing the odd look-up for people, but please dont ask for blanket seraches - I dont have a lot of spare time. Regards Sandra