war memorials

[peterd]

just been looking at this site and it got me thinking

war memorials ?

is it for people who were living in the town when they died
or just for people born in the town and died
or both
what about them that were born in a town but living elsewhere when the were killed in the war ?

[grangers14]

Ive just been looking at this. Seems there is no definite criteria.

Please note that there are no definitive 'rules' about the names and inscriptions on war
memorials. Different criteria for inclusion were used by different communities and so who is
commemorated, which conflicts are commemorated and the style in which these details
appear varies from memorial to memorial. This is why some war memorials only include those
who fought and died, whilst other also include those who fought and survived, and why some
include civilian as well as service casualties.

http://www.warmemorials.org/uploads/publications/115.pdf

[peterd]

cheers jo