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 >