A powerful way to ensure that you never forget
It is one of the UK projects to commemorate the centenary of the conflict, which the country joined on August 4, 1914
The British monuments dedicated to World War I (1914-18) have witnessed with a mobile application that will reveal the story of the soldiers who died in the conflict, announced Duke of Kent.
Over a hundred panels have been installed on monuments scattered around the country, an initiative of the agency responsible for ensuring the preservation of the tombs of the combatants in civil Commonwealth, "Commonwealth War Graves Commission".
Added information panels feature a QR code that, when scanned with a mobile phone gives access to the personal stories of several soldiers who are honored with the different monuments.
This is one of the UK projects to commemorate the centenary of the conflict, which the country joined on August 4, 1914.
The British Government organized events in schools and celebrations in the streets to remember also the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, on July 1, 1916, and the battles of Jutland, Gallipoli, Passchendaele and Armistice Day on November 11, 1918.
The Duke of Kent, who unveiled one of the first panels in Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton and the Navy Memorial in Portsmouth (both in southern England), described the project as "a powerful way to ensure that you'll never forget".
"This initiative will help to inform visitors about the historical context that shaped these places and also put a human face to the names of those who died", said Prince Edward.
With the new application, can you now learn the history of the Scottish David Bedell-Sivright, a player of rugby who died in Gallipoli, or Lord Kitchener, known military figure and British politician, who died when the ship sank west of the Orkney Islands in 1916.
Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cwgc
App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/commonwealth-war-graves-commission/id927397317?mt=8