Virtual Books of Remembrance
Alex Chilvers was killed in the early hours of Sunday, (June 22, 2008) in the centre of March. Alex was knocked down by a car in front of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society in Broad Street at around 12.30am. He was taken to Peterborough District Hospital with serious injuries but died later that day.
Tributes for Alex can be read or left here »
Openly gay journalist and broadcaster David Self - who famously wrote the questions for ITV's Sale of the Century and who took part in one of the country's first civil ceremonies for gay couples - has died. Mr Self, 67, had been battling liver disease and cancer for sometime: his partner Majid Jawad described it as "not a nice death".
Tributes for David can be read or left here »
Carl Couzens, a football referee, died after suffering a severe asthma attack on Friday June 6, 2008. Carl, 36, who lived on the Westmill estate in Hitchin, had spent the evening out with a friend before he suffered the fatal attack.
Tributes for Carl can be left online here »
Kevin Young, 54, was killed whilst taking part in a regatta organised by a fellowship of flying Rotarians when the Tampico single engine plane plunged into a ravine on Sunday June 1, 2008.
Tributes for Kevin can be read or left here »
John Ritchie, 81, of Broadway in Letchworth GC, died when the plane he was in came down near the town of Rovereto, in the Veneto area in the Italy on Sunday June 1, 2008.
Tributes for John can be left online here »
Beverly Owen, wife of the former Mayor of March Councillor Kit Owen, died in hospital on Thursday, May 22, 2008. It is believed Mrs Owen had been on a life support machine in Peterborough Hospital after collapsing on Wednesday while shopping in Tesco.
Tributes for Beverly can be read or left here »
Christopher Faulkner, 20, of Stevenage was attacked in King George V Playing Fields on Monday April 21, 2008. He later died at the Lister Hospital of a single stab wound to the chest.
Tributes for Chris can be left online here »
Keeley Thorpe, 29, from Biggleswade was killed in a car crash on Monday March 3, 2008.
Tributes for Keeley can be read or left here »
Sadly, Michelle Boast, aged 21, also known as Shelly, committed suicide on February 26, 2008 following her fourth miscarriage.
Tributes for Shelly can be read or left here »
On February 20, 2008 Charlotte Walker, aged 9, died after the car she was travelling in with her mother, plunged down the steep banks of a Fenland drain
Tributes for Charlotte can be read or left here »
Shannon Shaw, 13, of Broadwater Crescent, Stevenage, died following an asthma attack on February 11, 2008.
Tributes for Shannon can be left or read here »
Mat Blease died suddenly on February 1, 2008 aged just 13.
Tributes for Mat can be read of left online here »
Young mum Stephanie Ward, of Leverington, and her four-year-old daughter Samantha Ford were killed when they were hit by a car whilst out trick or treating in 2007 with a friend and her daughter riding a horse.
Tributes for Stephanie and Samantha can be viewed or posted online here »
17-year-old Gugu Chitambo died after collapsing while out jogging with a friend on September 20, 2007.
Tributes for Gugu acn be read or left online here »
August 13, 2007 Jacqueline Jane Fletcher, 39, and daughter Danielle Louise, 13, from Murrow, died when they were hit in a two-vehicle collision whilst walking their dog.
Tributes for Jackie and Danielle can be viewed or posted online here »
Firefighter Paul Mallaghan, aged 46 was struck by a car and killed whilst fighting a car blaze on the A1(M) on June 16th 2007.
Tributes for Paul can be left and viewed online here »
Davina and Jasmine were found dead in their home on June 13, 2007.
Tributes for Davina and Jasmine can viewed or left online here »
Warren Hay, 16, of Robin Terrace, Alconbury, died in Addenbrooke's Hospital on May 13, 2007 after being struck by a car on the A141 on Tuesday, May 8.
Tributes for Warren can be left or read online here »
Matthew Dean, aged 15, from Yelling died on January 5, 2007 as he was struck by a van on his way to meet a friend.
Tributes for Matthew can be left and viewed here »
Georgie Robinson, aged 28, of High Firs Crescent in Harpenden, was tragically killed in a road crash while on holiday in South Africa. November 2006.
Read or leave tributes for Georgie here »
Tomer Allen-Price was aged just 12 years when, on June 13, 2006, he was killed in a tragic road accident.
Tributes for Tomer can read and left online here »
Paralympian Paul Pearce was killed whilst roadside training on the A507 Stotfold/Arlesey bypass on February 9, 2006.
Tributes for Paul can be viewed or left online here »
The faces you see below portray the human cost of the British Forces' campaign in Afghanistan since
it began in October 2001.
Among those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country are:
Captain Jim Philippson, 29, from St Albans, who died on 11 June, 2006, in a firefight with suspected Taliban forces. Click on Jim's photo to add your memories or messages of support to his tribute page.
Private Robert Foster, 19, from Harlow in Essex, who died on 23 August, 2007 in a so-called "friendly fire" incident that also killed two other British soldiers. Click on Robert's photo to add your memories or messages of support to his tribute page.
Private Jonathan Kitulagoda, 23, from Clifton, who was killed on 28 January, 2004 in an apparent suicide bomb attack while serving at a military base in Kabul, with the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force.
You
can find out about the lives behind the statistics by clicking on any of the photos below or visit Lasting Tribute.