Pirton History

The Pirton World War Book - The Pride of Pirton

The Pirton WW1 Project had/has three end goals:

The book 'The Pride of Pirton' *¹ documents all the men with a Pirton connection that served in the Great War.
Ultimately to place as much of the research for the book as possible on this website.
To undertake the above in such a way as to be able to add information and update it whenever and whatever comes to light in the future.

This has required extensive research which began in 2003 and documents:

	30 men who sacrificed their lives and who appear on our village memorial
	8 men with a documented connection to Pirton and who also died, but are not on our village memorial
	and192 men that served and survived.

It has been a mammoth task!

To that end the book team (Tony French, Chris Ryan and Jonty Wild) between them have visited all the Pirton men's graves and memorials in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Egypt, many several times. We feel very strongly that to do these men's stories justice this was absolutely essential.

Our book, 'The Pride of Pirton', is full colour A4 size, 210 pages and over 300 photographs, including the men and their final resting places or memorials.

The Pride of Pirton

	Written and produced by those who have visited the men's graves and memorials
	Full colour – 210 pages, over 300 photographs and illustrations
	Researched from 2003 to 2010
	Inclusive – all men with a known Pirton connection are featured
	Sponsored by the people of Pirton

To buy your copy follow this link

*¹ Facilitated by the Pirton Heritage Support Group (PHSG)

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