janet dempsey 23 rd november 2012 identifying heroes the bt 99 (1915) project
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Janet Dempsey
23rd November 2012
Identifying Heroes
The BT 99 (1915) Project
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What is the 1915 Project About?
• No ‘Service records’ for WW1
• There is no single list of mariners for WW1
• BT 99 archive was broken up and dispersed
• We have 10% of the records in BT 99
• National Maritime Museum has 90% of years ending in 5
• All of the records for 1915 held by NMM and TNA
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What do the records consist of?
• TNA = 98 boxes
• NMM = 678 boxes
• Approx 36,000 Crew Lists
• Approx 1,500,000 individual names
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The Work So Far
• Work with the NMM• Work with CLIP • Photograph collection• Set up dedicated website• Recruit volunteers• Create Record Series
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What we have Achieved
• Records in BT 400
• Records in BT 99 Approximately
• ¼ of boxes are currently allocated to volunteers
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The Results
• BT 99/3100 List 11
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QUESTIONS ?