It's time the nation gave something back

The government has announced the official plans to commemorate the Great War: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/about-the-first-world-war-centenary

As well as public events, I think there should also be encouragement for families to become involved as there must be very few families that did not have combatants in the conflict.  Families should be able to recognise their great-grandfathers who took part in the war, especially those who died.  Parish services of commemoration organised by the Church of England; encouragement and help for genealogical research of the 1914-18 army and navy records; perhaps the issuing of a commemorative medal for the descendants of combatants; subsidised tours of the battlefields; restoration of memorials (and reconstructions, as there are many that have disappeared over the years); an emphasis upon family history in school teaching about the First World War etc.

The commemorations should not be something watched on television but an opportunity for huge numbers of families to participate.

And regarding the final event in November 2014, is it too much to ask for a new arch to be built in London? (the Cenotaph rightly commemorates the dead, but there is no final victory memorial for everyone, which leaves the war in some ways unfinished).

An arch is the traditional way of commemorating a military event (for example, the great Victory arch at Waterloo Station). 

The combatants in the First World War gave everything to the nation, it's time the nation gave something back to their families.