# Latest list of changes

This changelog covers changes from 04/09/26 to 11/09/26

## Rough stats

112 folders removed, 3113 files removed 
However the new website has now exceeded 10k files (mostly images)

## What's been added

### Stories transferred or created

obituary - Joe Eastwood - features\obituaries_joe_eastwood.html
obituary - Colin Boutty - features\obituaries_colin_boutty.html
obituary - Dennis Laverick - features\obituaries_dennis_laverick.html - moved to his own page, felt appropriate rather than bundled up at the end of the Laverick's feature page

#### features

feature - David Hindley's photo archive (235 images!) - features\feature_david_hindley.html - linked this to the WW2 gallery
feature - WW2 LF POWs - features\feature_ww2_pows.html - needed for one of Geoff's case studies

A new catagory has been created 'locations' - there are four pages so far;

location - Fayid - features\location_egypt_fayid.html - 100% migrated from legacy
location - Aqaba - features\location_egypt_aqaba.html - - 100% migrated from legacy
location - Moascar - features\location_egypt_moascar.html - in progress
location - Ismalia - features\location_egypt_ismalia.html - in progress

These all link to 1st bn Egypt, 1950

#### stories

story - Ronnie Turner - features\stories_ronnie_turner.html
story - Jack Bibby - features\stories_jack_bibby.html
story - Frank Whittaker - features\stories_frank_whittaker.html
story - Donald Murphy - features\stories_donald_murphy.html - links to our Obituaries page as he is listed there
story - William Roughley - features\stories_william_roughley.html
story - James Clarke - features\stories_james_clarke.html

### Page updates

1st Battalion - features\battalions\1st_battalion.html

- Probably the largest posting page (typically the first one I started!)
- Updated several more sections, page nearly complete now

1st/5th Battalion - /features/battalions/1st_5th_battalion.html

15th Battalion - now 100% migrated from legacy - features\battalions\15th_battalion.html

- Almost fully transferred

WW2 Gallery, in turn WW1 gallery links - features\ww2_gallery.html

Research page - features\geoff_pycroft\research.html - Mulitple updates. Two case studies added.
Also refactored from feature cards to a table, easier to read and uses modals to display information for easier maintenance

story updated - William Stanley Hall - features\stories_william_stanley_hall.html - Additional photos found and linked from 15th Bn page

Dontation page updated with list the latest changes on the website, plus all historical updates before - to give users context of how often things are happening and when

### New pages

Research Requests - features\requests.html

- The idea behind this page is a result of noticing on occassion, there was little to no informtation on individual fusiliers
- text indicated request for more information, so one page to advertise these may help
- three soldiers on there so far

Painting gallery - features\wwx_gallery.html

- Found lots of images that are paintings depeciting LFs in various battles - put all these in one place for now, it's likely these will be split into more appropriate areas once found

## Anything else

- Updated About page to include anyone who would like to be added to the update mailing list
- Added more images to the carosel on the home page

## Notes / Observations

## Technical additions

- Have come across .WMV files (Windows Media Files)
- WMV files will not play in modern browsers, looks like the previous solution was to let the user download the file and play locally
- Plan to convert these to mp4, and play them instantly in the browser for a better / simpler user experience