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357:) of World War I memorials, as well as the citizens who died in the war. The trust initiated the Diamond War Memorial Project on 12 February 2007. It entailed extensive research by historian Trevor Temple of the 756 names on the Diamond War Memorial. The project also led to the creation of a Commemorative Diary and a website which lists the names of those on the memorial and details their individual stories. The project research discovered an almost equal proportion of
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