A website has been launched to tell the stories of 597 Rutland men – and three women – who died in the First World War.
Its creators said the website is the most comprehensive record yet of the sacrifice of the people of England's smallest county in the Great War.
It draws on new and previously unpublished records as well as established sources.
Rutland Remembers has been paid for by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with help from private individuals and Rutland County Council.
Among the stories it tells are those of boys who joined up at 15, many sets of brothers and cousins who served and the high price paid by the smallest Rutland villages, as well as tales of extraordinary courage and heroism.
William Clifton, from Barrowden, was killed just after his 16th birthday in the Battle of the Somme.
John Woodward, from Great Casterton, was shot, blown up and twice torpedoed while on ships bringing him to hospital in England.
Bertie Tyler, of Preston, was awarded the Military Medal for rescuing wounded comrades under fire.
He was one of four brothers who joined up, two of whom were killed.
Colonel Robert Boyle, Deputy Lieutenant for Rutland, said: "The website provides an extraordinary resource for schools and those who want to learn more about Rutland's role in the First World War.
"The challenge now is to build on this knowledge and find out even more about the lives of these young men and make sure their sacrifice is never forgotten."
One of the website's authors, James Buchanan, said: "The site provides an opportunity to upload new information about and photographs of our soldiers, as well as recording visits to their graves and memorials, wherever they happen to be.
"This is really only the start. We want people to go out there and visit these men, wherever they are.
"Some of them lie buried in Rutland, most are on the Western Front but there are Rutland graves in 16 countries. We want people to visit them all and show we do remember."
Claire Gibson, a BBC journalist who has helped put the website together, said: "This website is a work in progress and just part of what Rutland Remembers stands for.
"Between now and 2018, we want someone from Rutland to visit every single grave and memorial, not just those on the Western Front but across the world as well.
"They all deserve a visit. So when you're planning your next trip abroad, take a look at our map and see whether you can stop by somewhere and pay your respects to a fellow Rutlander.
"Perhaps you would like to lay a wreath or plant a cross to show other visitors our soldier is special to us."
The website will stay open throughout the centenary years of the First World War.
In 2019, it will be closed for new contributions but remain available online and will be archived by the British Library.
The stories of the fallen can be read at: www.rutlandremembers.org
Three brothers died in war Three brothers from Barrowden were all killed. Albert, Harry and Horace Curtis had all been teachers before the war. A fourth brother was still at school and too young to enlist. The Hill brothers from Pilton, with links to Morcott, joined up in autumn 1914, shortly after the war began. Five joined the Army and one went into the Navy. Their father received a letter of congratulations from the King for their contribution to the war effort. Three – Harold, Robert and Ralph – died. Seven villages saw at least two sets of brothers killed. Three sets of brothers from Ayston died. Four of them were cousins, all named Pykett. Among the fallen from Rutland are three women. Two were members of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) and one was a nurse. All three are buried in county churchyards and all three have their graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Sister Helen Hetterley, from Penn Street, Oakham, became a hospital nurse in 1912. When the war started she was stationed at the military hospital in Canterbury. She caught TB while treating injured soldiers and died at home in May 1917. She is buried in Oakham Cemetery. In Ryhall churchyard is the grave of Lilian Plant, who was a member of the WRAF. Little is known about her and her service record, but she died after the war, in early December 1918, aged 26. She is buried close to three servicemen from Ryhall, in a row at the front of the second section of the churchyard. Gladys Walter was also a member of the WRAF. She died on Armistice Day – November 11, 1918, and is buried in the churchyard in Braunston. She has a CWGC headstone but is not recognised on the war memorial inside the church.