AN appeal has gone out to family and friends of servicemen and women killed in war and buried in Great Malvern Cemetery.

The Malvern In Bloom steering group wants to extend the heritage trail it started this year for its Heart of England in Bloom entry by including information about those who served and died in wars and are buried in the cemetery.

Chairman of the steering group and town councillor John Jordan wants families and friends of those people to contact him with details about the fallen servicemen and women.

“The Royal Horticultural Society is continuing with its theme of local roots for 2009 and 2010. We started trying to create a heritage trail in the cemetery. This year we put up notices about prominent people buried in the cemetery like Dyson Perrins and Dr James Wilson, of the water cure.

“This year is the 90th anniversary of the Armistice and it has brought the courage of people in the wars much more vividly into everyone’s minds. I think there is great potential to extend the heritage trail.

“The Heart of England in Bloom judges visited the cemetery this year and it was a great success. I think they liked the concept of the heritage trail.”

Mr Jordan said he already knew of one fascinating story about a soldier buried in Great Malvern Cemetery.

The man was born in Malvern and went to Lyttleton Grammar School before moving to America to live with relatives.

At the outbreak of the First World War he enlisted voluntarily into the American Army and died in Flanders in 1918.

“We want more people to send us details of their relatives,” said Mr Jordan.

Anyone wishing to provide information should contact Mr Jordan on 01684 566760 or send it to Lyndsey Davies at Malvern Town Council, Belle View Terrace, Malvern.