1 May 2015 14:46 PM
Three Horsham entrepreneurs have come up with a solution to the question almost all of us face today: What happens to our digital world when we die?
It`s a cloud version of the WW1 Soldier`s Box. Soldiers on the frontline during WWI kept their most treasured possessions; personal photos, private letters and important documents in one small box or the tin given as a Christmas gift by Princess Mary.
In the event the soldier lost his life, this box would be passed to his loved ones. His family would receive the items in his box, just as he would have wanted them to be seen. It was nick named âThe Soldierâs Boxâ.
Darren Richmond, an entrepreneur from Horsham, heard this story on the radio and decided to bring the concept of The Soldierâs Box into the 21st century. The idea is simple. Organise and store all your most treasured digital possessions; photos, videos, documents, contracts, passwords in one secure, convenient online place. In the event of your death, your loved ones will have easy access to everything you want them to keep. Exactly the same as the WWI Soldierâs Box.
Darren, with two life-long friends, both with years of experience in the technology industry, Lee Rendell and Greg Roffe designed and developed the new digital version of The Soldierâs Box.
Anything can be stored in the The Soldierâs box. Personal items including a list of personal messages, favourite music for a funeral or treasured photographs to special friends. Practical necessities including passwords, personal finances, household instructions or birthday lists to help those left behind with everyday tasks.
When you create your Soldier`s box you get a unique code which you can pass on to, for instance trustees or the executors of your will, which gives them the power to unlock your data if anything happens to you. They can then deal with the data according to your instructions in the box.
Checks are in place to ensure the persons you entrust the code to cannot activate it if you are still alive. If your code gets entered the site checks that its not being used maliciously or in error.
The Soldierâs Box is in its final stages of testing and development and will launch this summer.
Click here to visit The Soldiers Box.
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