SOURCE: WORLD WAR 1 - A VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA British Army 662,000 killed 1.65 million wounded ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <hugo@actrix.gen.nz> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] GREATWAR Casualty figures | | Here are some figures for deaths compared with the age group total: | | World War One Deaths: from John Costello "Mask of Treachery" (1988) | note 17 page 620-1. Death Rates: from J. M. Winter "World War One and | the British People" (1986): | | Tthe military losses were: | Britain: 723,000 (63 per 1000 males aged 15-49) | France: 1,327,000 (133 per 1000 males aged 15-49) | Germany: 2,037,000 (125 per 1000 males aged 15-49) | | Yours, John Wilson | | > | > I am trying to find accurate figures for | > men who served in WW1 | > men who were killed | > the total male population in 1911 (nearest census to 1914). | > | > So far a trawl of the Internet has thrown up a problem - some information | is given for just England and Wales, other for the whole of the UK and so | on. I need to be able to have some consistency (eg all figures only for | England). | > | > What I am aiming for is to be able to compare the national statistics with | those for one small village in North Yorkshire so I can show whether its | caualty rate was different from the national average. | > | > Does anyone have any ideas about where I can get such information | > | > Sue Laffey | > | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message