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UK & Ireland Military Records Casualty Records

British Soldiers Who Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

In 1921 His Majesty's Stationery Office published, on behalf of and by authority of the War Office, two lists of those who died during the Great War. One volume, packed with minute typescript, gave the basic details of nearly 42,000 officer casualties. It required an additional eighty volumes to list all the 'other ranks' who gave their lives. Each of the original volumes represented one or more regiments, corps or other units of the British Army. Most were subdivided into battalions or similar groupings. There were often thirty or more of these per volume, each in alphabetical order. Click here to search this database >>

This database contains information extracted from these volumes and includes over 703,000 individuals. Information listed about an individual may include:

  • Name
  • Birthplace
  • Enlistment place
  • Residence
  • Number
  • Decoration
  • Rank
  • Regiment
  • Battalion
  • Type of casualty
  • Death date
  • Death place
  • Theater of war

Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924

This database lists the deaths of Royal Navy servicemen who served in the Royal Naval Division (RND) in World War I (WWI). It was compiled from original service records and all other sources listing RND casualties.

Historical Background:

The RND was a unique formation in WWI, raised by the Admiralty to serve in their then traditional role as Infantrymen fighting ‘shoulder to shoulder’ alongside their Army comrades in an emergency. The RND originally consisted of three Infantry Brigades (two Naval and one Royal Marine) of twelve Battalions (eight Naval and four Royal Marine). As the war progressed, casualties and a lack of recruits forced the RND to steadily reduce their Naval personnel establishment. Two Naval Battalions were disbanded in June 1915; the Royal Marine Brigade and two Royal Marine Battalions were disbanded in August 1915. Two more Naval Battalions were disbanded in February 1918 and one Royal Marine Battalion in April 1918. At the war’s end the RND’s Naval strength maintained only two Brigades of five Battalions (four Naval and one Royal Marine Battalion). The Army supplied the shortfall in Battalions & Brigades to the establishment of the Division from July 1916 onwards. Click here to search this database >>

The following is a list of all the branches of the Royal Navy that served in the RND:

  • Royal Fleet Reserve (RFR)
  • Royal Marine or Royal Marines (RM)
  • Royal Marine Artillery (RMA)
  • Royal Marine Band (RMB)
  • Royal Marine Labour Corps (RMLC)
  • Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMLI)
  • Royal Navy (RN)
  • Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
  • Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)
  • Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve (RNASBR)