Contributions

We were extremely lucky to have had so many people contacting us, telling us about their experiences, joining us chasing down information through archives, records and even friends and relatives, trying to reach lost memories.

We tried to record number of viewings throughout websites, groups and forums, but it was impossible, due to the high number of online places, posters and communications.

Although we are grateful to every single one that has brought another piece of information, we cannot do it individually to all those involved, but you know that we do not forget (just check the name of this website).

We are in debt to some very special people that help us with historical references and information

Dr Graham Cross

Manchester Metropolitan University: an extremely knowledgeable person, his level of expertise is off the charts. Plus, he is a saint, patiently answering our thousand questions. An amazing person, always amicable and with a gift to explain History. Also, his passion for British-American history makes him one of the best teachers. Thank you very much, Dr Cross.

Mark Dunton

Principal Records Specialist, The National Archives, a key researcher and advisor with a lot of patience to help, in those moments that we thought that all had disappeared from the archives. Thank you, Mark, your blogs are amazing.

Emily Charles

Curator at the American Air Museum: another saint!!! This lady, with a mad diary full of commitments, meetings non-stop, was always able to answer our emails and patiently reply with valuable information. She is top-shelf and an asset anywhere her career leads her. Thank you so much, Emily!

Audrey Dewjee

T he most kind and lovely lady, with a wealth of information and knowledge. Her research on Black History is outstanding, and she is always out searching for more stories to tell. She has our entire gratitude and we hope to have her with us for many years to come. Thank you, Audrey, you are amazing.

Professor Alan Rice

Director of the UCLan Research Centre in Migration, Diaspora and Exile and Co-Director of the Institute for Black Atlantic Research – an academic with a gigantic patience to help us, with sources and further information. A very kind person. Thank you for your time.

Professor Brian Ward

Northumbria University – a foot in the UK and a foot in the US and, still, he managed to help us immensely. His work about ‘Martin Luther King in Newcastle upon Tyne: The African American Freedom Struggle and Race Relations in the North East of England. Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne’ is outstanding and his expertise in our field was vital. Thank you, you were very kind.

Richard Anderson

A person that knows more about military than anyone else we met! He was kind enough to ‘translate’ the meaning of the designations in lists and classifications. Totally lost without his help! Thank you very much.

Orla Kennelly

Trust Librarian at the American Library, Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, she was kind enough to support us with posters, information and answering oh so many questions. Norwich could not fail us! Thank you so much, Orla!

David R. Hardin

Archivist National Archives at St. Louis – a victim of our desperation, trying to know why people had disappeared and why records where nowhere to be found. A saint! He was so kind throughout our hundreds of emails, and helped us to cope with the grief of loss, when we learned about the fire. Thank you very much, Sir!

Steven Semmel

Part of the United States Department of the Army, he was outstanding helping us to find information on some of the veterans that even Fold3 could not find. He is patient and friendly and thinks outside the box. You are amazing, Steven!

Vincent Turpin

From NARA, and all the people from the National Archives UK, pestered by Sandra in a thousand emails. They graciously helped as much as they could, and we hope we can meet one day to open some of the dusty billions of boxes that have our heritage and history still hidden. Thank you, guys!

Wonderful North East Ladies

That met us on Zoom to treat us with information regarding local museums, exhibitions and articles: Pat Poinen, Beverley Prevatt Goldstein, Mahshid Turner, Degna Stone, Donna Chambers, Susan Ashley, thank you very much for your contribution to our little project.

Gavin Purdon

The author of an ‘outside-the-box booklet ‘Radar Warriors’, that taught us so much about American troops in Chester-le-Street.

Mandy Rawlins

Mandy, Community and Learning Officer, Suffolk Archives, that has organised the most wonderful website

Ray Quarless

Co director of the Heritage Development Company Liverpool and a force of nature in Liverpool, who was kind enough to give us a pep-talk several times.

Eryl

From the Tudor Trust, that believes in our work and our projects. Without her and the Trust, we wouldn’t exist.

Sarah

From the Lottery Heritage Fund, that has helped us, even when we discovered that there were no records, no people, nothing, allowing us extra time to dig for victory!

Clive Wilson

The Academic Support Librarian at the LSE Library, who was kind enough to uncover some obscure documents that I had asked for. Thank you, Clive, we hope that you can perform that miracle again soon.

The outstanding veterans

Throughout the research we had to learn to ignore our sadness every time we were met with yet another demise and the loss of so many of them. Thank you for your service, there are no words that can express our gratitude.

And, of vital importance, all of the people that have joined us, searching high and low, in person and online, from all the forums, the groups, the blogs, on Facebook, those that came because they heard about us and were vital for this project: