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Hawkshaw is a small village north of Bury in Greater Manchester. But between 1914 and 1918, 167 men fought in the Great War and 40 of them died; double the national average.

Jonathan Ali

But who were these men? Jonathan Ali, a BBC reporter and local historian decided to investigate. After ten years of research he has brought the faded photographs of men on the wall of a chapel, back to life.

He has told the stories of those who died and were injured and believes that we have a duty to remember those who lost their lives.