{"id":25,"date":"2024-11-20T21:32:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smaaa-org-uk.silverhosting.uk\/ww1\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:46:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-pdf-title\">PDF<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">PRINT<\/span><\/a><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711e2ed e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"711e2ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b446e49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b446e49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMAAA-WW1-memorial-plaque-LO.04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-66\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMAAA-WW1-memorial-plaque-LO.04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMAAA-WW1-memorial-plaque-LO.04-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMAAA-WW1-memorial-plaque-LO.04-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f162e8a e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f162e8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1828a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1828a42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2014 St. Michael\u2019s embarked on a project to identify and study the lives of the individuals whose names appear on the various war memorials associated with the church. From the 128 names inscribed on the war memorials at St Michael and All Angel\u2019s church, Bedford Park, David Beresford, a member of the congregation, \u00a0researched the 117 individuals that could be identified from existing public records.<\/p><p>Using original parish documents, contemporaneous news items, national databases and other archives, David pieced together the stories behind their names, learned how their war was fought and how their families and the community were affected.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By recreating the personal stories and developing educational presentations, its aim was to create for both adults and children a lasting reminder the human impact of WWI on a local Chiswick parish.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/smaaa.org.uk\/ww1\/about\/background\/\">Find out more about the background to the project<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> In 2014 St. Michael\u2019s embarked on a project to identify and study the lives of the individuals whose names appear on the various war memorials associated with the church. 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