Terms & Conditions
Welcome to our Library of Military Voices.
Agreement and Understanding.
By uploading my personal story to this database I agree an to abide by the terms and conditions outlined below and am personally liable for any false or misleading information, image, or representation of people past or present.
Process and Rules for entry of your story to our library of military voices. Please fill in the attached form and send it with your story.
Please fill in your Unique Identifier Form. You will not be allowed to upload without completing it. Please allow for up to 7 days for processing.
Include your name, date of birth, military number, length of service and rank upon leaving service. Identify country, branch of service, for example Airforce, Navy, Army, Coastguard.
Select the medium for your story. See below for upload link.
Keep your audio upload to a maximum of 10 minutes, video alternative maximum of 5 minutes.
Keep your story about your service about YOU, we recommend you follow our guideline and tips for content and order of presentation.
Do not abuse, slander, defame or insult any institution or person/persons past or present at the time of posting to this website.
Keep politics, religion and sport out of your story.
Remember, you are leaving a historical footnote of what it was like for YOU to serve in the military, not what service in general was like.
Guidelines and Tips for telling your story.
Start by writing an outline of what you want to tell the world and future generations. If you prefer to upload audio or video recording of your story, it’s a good place to start.
You can post either video, audio, or written versions. We prefer to hear your story in your own words, this may be difficult, awkward or impossible for some veterans.
We will accept a narrated version by a named other as substitute. This option requires a declaration that the content is a true representation of the author’s own words.
Include no more than three pictures of yourself.
Do NOT post anything about involvement in incidents and operations covered by your country’s Official Secrets legal frameworks and orders, or any information deemed sensitive to national interests.
Tips for Your Story Content.
Tell our descendants…
Why you joined the military.
What you liked, what you didn’t like and what could have been done better.
Pick three or four favourite short stories about your life in uniform. Humour always works, avoid excessive detail, have a beginning, middle and clear ending. Pass on lessons and wisdom, insights and conundrums and solutions – how they did things in your unit(s).
Use your voice – first person, for example, ‘I thought…’; ‘it was down to me…’; the dog wasn’t mine…’; ‘my Sergeant said…’ – it’s your story, tell it from your point of view.
Keep it clean, avoid profanities and insensitive language.
End by saying why you left the military and give a final thought!
Data Protection.
Any information audio, video or transcript you post is subject to the UK Data Protection Act 2018. As such we limit personal data held on our website to what you provide on our Unique Identifier Form. Your name, unit(s) and rank only will be publicly available and posted with your uploaded story.
Please be aware due to fraud and pranksters we reserve the right to screen content for authenticity, including identifying and confirming the source of the narrative via email.
As such, we are not responsible for any material submitted for inclusion in our voices database, the author is liable for any false or misleading content, intentional or otherwise.
Your rights under the Data Protection act 2018.
Under the legislation, you have rights in relation to your personal data, with some exceptions. These include the right to:
be informed about how your data is being used
access personal data
have incorrect data updated
have data erased
stop or restrict the processing of your data
data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances
Submit audio, click here.
Submit text, click here.
Upload video, click here.
Thank you for allowing us to include your voice for future generations.
Dr William Thomas Thornborrow PhD.