Oxford leads national effort to preserve WWI memories

Oxford academics are leading a nationwide fundraising campaign to help preserve our memories of the First World War. â?'Lest We Forgetâ'' is an initiative which aims to train local communities across the UK to run digital collection days. At a collection day, experts take digital copies of objects and stories of the generation who lived through World War One. â?'Almost everyone was impacted by the First World War,â'' said project leader Dr Stuart Lee of Oxford Universityâ??s English Faculty. â??We must not forget the sacrifice that generation made. Every day the stories and memories of that generation are being lost. â?'We want to make sure that those boxes of memories and memorabilia that kept in our attics, passed down through the generations, are not thrown away.â'' Lest We Forget will capture the stories of the Great War before they are lost forever, preserving them for future generations.