The Roll is available to view on the following family history website (records can be viewed by subscription). This particular compilation has been corrected and revised from previous listings of Royal Naval Division casualties.

Website: Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War 1914-1924

Soldiers and Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

A list of over 660,000 British soldiers (Other Ranks) who died during the Great War was compiled by the War Office and published by His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) in 1921. The list is contained within 80 volumes. The dates covered for casualties are from and including 4 August 1914 to 11 November 1918. Casualties killed after the end of the war until 25 March 1921 are also included in the listing.

A list of over 41,000 officers who died in the Great War was published in one volume in 1919. The dates covered for casualties are from and including 4 August 1914 to 11 November 1918. Casualties killed after the end of the war until 26 September 1919 are also included in the listing.

The record for an individual contained in this listing does not include the location of a grave. The record does usually contain the following information:

regiment, Corps, etc.

battalion, or unit

surname

christian name(s)

initials

born

enlisted

residence

service Number

rank

died how

theatre of war

died date

supplementary notes

The listings for “Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918” can be consulted in person for free at the Imperial War Museum London (Department of Printed Books) or The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. The websites are given here to make appointments for visits and viewing:

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The following family history websites have this data listing to search (viewing is by subscription or pay as you go credits):

Website: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

Website: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

Website: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

The listing of “Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918” is available to buy on CD Rom. The 80 volumes have been captured as a digital database and can be purchased from the Naval & Military Press. (The CD Rom may be available on loan from a library.)

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“Cross of Sacrifice” Volumes

Cross of Sacrifice is a record of all officers of all services who died during the First World War whilst serving with the British, Commonwealth and Colonial regiments and corps. It has been compiled as an alphabetical record by S D and D B Jarvis and was published in 1993. Volumes may be available to see from a library loan or can be seen at the Imperial War Museum London and the National Archives at Kew.

Copies can also be purchased. See below.

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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Casualties

Headstone for British airman Second Lieutenant L C J Barlow, serving with The Royal Air Force, who died 18 June 1918 aged 20. He is buried in Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery on the Somme battlefield.

 

Casualty cards, giving details of the casualty, the aircraft involved and sometimes the next of kin details are available. These are held at the R.A.F. Museum Hendon in north London.

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There are also records held at the National Archives at Kew which relate to R.F.C. and R.A.F. casualties, records of squadrons, officers reported missing and messages from the Germans about missing pilots. For catalogue references go to:

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Merchant Navy

The National Archives hold Registers of Deceased Seamen for each year of 1914 to 1918. These provide information for:

full name

age

rank or rating

nationality or birth place

last place of abode

name of ship

official ship number

port of registry

net tonnage

date and place of death

remarks (includes reason for loss of ship)

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De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1924

Five volumes and a sixth volume index containing a biographical record of about 26,000 members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who fell in the First World War. The volumes were compiled by the 9th Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval and were published by the Standard Art Book Co. of London. Some entries include a photograph and may include detail. This is not a complete list of casualties who died, and most of the recorded names in the volumes date from deaths in the early years of the war.

Volumes 1 and 2 are available to search and dowload for free on the California Digital Library website (terms and conditions apply):

Website: Volume 1

Website: Volume 2

Volumes 1-5 are available to search on the following family history websites (access to viewing and downloads is chargeable as a subscription or pay as you go credits):

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Website: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour

Website: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour

National Roll of the Great War