THE Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum is compiling a fascinating archive of moving stories from the county’s former prisoners of war.

Now staff need your help.

They want soldiers’ relatives to search out memorabilia and make the exhibition as meaningful as possible when the museum opens next year.

Now would be a good time for old and young to research their family trees and find out more about relatives who fought for their country.

Many of those who served in the two world wars preferred not to talk about their experiences.

But others have shared their memoirs, photos and letters and their relatives now have a great opportunity to remind others of their bravery.

Korean War veteran Grenville Toomey has already come forward to share his scrapbook of memories and we hope others do the same.

With troops from Oxfordshire-based regiments risking their lives in Afghanistan, there should be a large groundswell of support for this new enterprise.