A project to create a digital archive and interactive website detailing London Jewry's First World War contribution has received a £408,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
We Were There Too is being run by the London Jewish Cultural Centre, whose trustees' chair Michael Marx believes that the community's "very significant part" in the war effort "is often overshadowed by the Second World War and its terrible events.
"It is now a race against time to collect second generation stories of this period."
Lead strategic partner in the cross-communal enterprise is JLGB, more than 500 of whose members died in service. JLGB vice-president John Cooper said its participation would enable young people "to use digital technology to promote their heritage".
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