Over a million British and American men and women have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of their country and one memorial cemetery has dipped into new kiosk technology to help relatives quickly find the names of their loved ones who died in conflict.

The touch-screen system was launched this week, and immediately Veteran Greg Adamson of Bettendorf, US, showed a young woman how to quickly locate the name of her father at the Bettendorf Veterans Memorial.

Until now, people had to scan the numerous long granite columns while hunting for loved ones’ names but the new directory kiosk is making their search quests simple and immediate.

The project took about 170 hours of work, Adamson said.