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British Army, First World War Casualty Lists
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Search for your British military ancestor in the War Office Weekly Casualty List from the First World War. The lists contain the names of those who were reported as wounded, missing, taken prisoner of war, or killed in action. The list will provide the individual’s name, rank, regiment, and service number.
Each record will give you an image of the War Office Weekly Casualty List, a weekly publication of the names of those who were reported as missing, taken prisoner of war, wounded, or killed in action. With each name you may find a combination of the following:
The weekly lists were updated; therefore, if your ancestor was previously listed as missing, you may find your ancestor’s name a second time listed as wounded or killed in action.
There are gaps in the issues between 1 January 1918 and 23 April 1918. The record images have been put through a process of OCR (optical character recognition) which can lead to incorrect search results. Furthermore, some of the original documents have been damaged, which can also lead to incorrect search results. You can view more search tips below.
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