Presentation by Michael Page, Surrey History Centre. Given at the London Museum, Libraries and Archives Group conference April 2007.

1. BURIED BATTLES AND VETERANS’ VOICES AN A4A PROJECT BY SURREY HISTORY CENTRE THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES QUEEN’S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM

3. 2 nd Battalion, Queen’s, Boer War

4. 2 nd Battalion, Queen’s, Boer War

5. War diary of 7 th Battalion, Queen’s, 1 July 1916

6. 1 st Battalion, East Surreys, advancing at the Somme

7. 2 nd Battalion, East Surreys, leaving Dublin, 1922

8. Standing Camp, Ranakhet

9. View of Himalayas

10. Italian campaign, 1943

11. German propaganda to demoralise British troops in Italy, World War II

12. 1) To 'conserve and enhance our diverse heritage 2) To 'encourage communities to identify, look after and celebrate their heritage‘ 3) To 'increase opportunities for learning about heritage‘ 4) To 'open up heritage resources to the widest possible audiences'. HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS PRIORITIES

14. A4A PRIORITIES 1) Partnership 2) Community and intergenerational involvement 3) Skills sharing 4) Digitisation 5) Enabling contributors to tell their own story

15. BURIED BATTLES AND VETERANS’ VOICES Archivist’s salary (13 months) £23,650 Recording, editing, web-mounting 48 new and existing interviews £18,000 Exhibition and publicity £1,500 Travel and overheads £2,520 TOTAL GRANT £47,900 (82% of total project costs of £58,736)

16. Sid Richardson, REME, cataloguing a photograph album

17. Roy Harding, Queen’s, being interviewed