At the Ontario Genealogical Society 2016 conference in Toronto this past weekend, the Passionate Genealogist Ruth Blair reminded me in her presentation, Using 21st Century Technology to Search for Canadians Who Served in the First World War, about a really cool app called, The Fallen.
The Fallen is an interactive experience, created exclusively for the iPad, to give Canadians a way to remember those who have given their lives in service to our country from the Boer War, through the World Wars, Korean War, our Peacekeeping Missions and Afghanistan.
The app allows users to explore maps of Canada, Europe, and the world to see where fallen Canadians are buried, to search by name to find the location or branch of the armed forces, and to find where next of kin resided. A call to action on every soldier’s page allows friends and family to help improve and expand the information we share.
Your help is needed
On the app, they now have the last known Canadian addresses of servicemen and women from the Toronto area from the First and Second World Wars. When you browse through the Toronto map, the impact of the war on the city is incredible.
The goal is to gather the known Canadian address for servicemen and women in every city and town across the country.
You can search through any and all of the soldiers, and if you have more information about a soldier, they ask you to take the time to update the data with their last known Canadian address or any other information you might have.
Read more about The Fallen app here.
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I would appreciate the developer making a version of this app for Android.
Thanks for the mention Gail! It was great to see you at OGS Conference 2016.