ACROSS the Midlands there are scores of memorials to the local men who fell fighting for King and Country during World War One.

Today there are over 10,000 more memorials to those same men. Unique memorials.

The Stourbridge News and its sister papers covering the old county of Worcestershire - which 100 years ago extended well into the Black Country - has completed the task of creating an online memorial to every one of the Worcestershire Regiment soldiers killed in the war.

Not only is it an individual memorial, it is interactive. Family members can add information, pictures, tributes or comments.

Unlike other online services, the names are not in a list, but have been input individually into a searchable database.

If you know your relative's name you can quickly and easily find his basic details recorded in the Fallen section of the WW1 area of our website.

The information is in the same format: rank, serial number, name, battalion, place and date of death.

Like Private 12252 George Pearce, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, Died France and Flanders 23/08/1914.

Private Pearce has the sad record of being the first Worcestershire Regiment fatality, dying on August 24, just 19 days after Great Britain declared war.

Or Private 49594 Berty Tucker, 2/8th Battalion, Died France and Flanders 27/11/1918 - 18 days after the war ended.

In some cases we have extra information we have added to an entry - details of military awards, a picture of them or where they are buried, or in some cases a biography supplied by a relative.

And that is exactly the point - relatives can add photos, biographies, tributes by either using the comment box or contacting us through the website.

To build a detailed and richer memorial for the thousands who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Lest, after more than 100 years, we are tempted to forget.

The Fallen can be found here