Geoff's Search Engine for ww2

Hi Geoff,

Must add my congratulations to you for a wonderful resource. Could you post the link for your WW1 search engine please?

Gen

 

Could you post the link for your WW1 search engine please?
Gen

Gen, here it is:

http://www.********.co.uk/cgi-bin/search2.php

geoff

 

Thanks so much for that Geoff. If i can help in anyway let me know.

Gen

 

Not all CWGC records have an age given. I thought some of you may be interested in the age distribution of those that are given. This list is for UK unit casualties between 1939-45 (not including civilian war dead). Many of the youger deaths will be cadets or boy rank and many will be navy or mercantile marine. The older numbers will be staff officers, etc. and perhaps home defence units.

(if I find a way to tabulate this i'll edit it!)

geoff

age - number - percent
==================
14 16 0.01
15 143 0.05
16 548 0.18
17 1449 0.48
18 5488 1.83
19 15489 5.18
20 22260 7.44
21 26984 9.02
22 23194 7.75
23 20845 6.97
24 19389 6.48
25 16771 5.61
26 15120 5.05
27 14603 4.88
28 13898 4.65
29 13029 4.35
30 11292 3.77
31 10025 3.35
32 9064 3.03
33 7715 2.58
34 6679 2.23
35 5774 1.93
36 5013 1.68
37 4275 1.43
38 3724 1.24
39 3451 1.15
40 2843 0.95
41 2431 0.81
42 2222 0.74
43 1770 0.59
44 1548 0.52
45 1299 0.43
46 1109 0.37
47 1035 0.35
48 949 0.32
49 936 0.31
50 783 0.26
51 659 0.22
52 699 0.23
53 639 0.21
54 562 0.19
55 500 0.17
56 503 0.17
57 439 0.15
58 405 0.14
59 346 0.12
60 300 0.10
61 183 0.06
62 188 0.06
63 140 0.05
64 140 0.05
65 98 0.03
66 60 0.02
67 47 0.02
68 38 0.01
69 27 0.01
70 18 0.01
71 6 0.00
72 8 0.00
73 3 0.00
74 2 0.00
75 1 0.00
77 1 0.00
78 1 0.00
79 1 0.00
91 1 0.00

 

Geof,
I can't find this unit in the drop down menu.

The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

Owen,

They are listed under RAC, so the unit is not in the drop down. You will have to search in the Unit Text field. I tried it on my 'desktop' version and got over 100, here is one below to show the record format.

cheers,

geoff


Name: BERRY, BRIAN
Initials: B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Unit Text: 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/08/1944
Service No: 304678
Additional Information: Son of Reginald Frank and Doris Christine Berry, of Purley, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. E. 13.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

 

Geoff

Excellent stats. I've cobbled a tabulation:



Steve W.

 

Nice one Steve, found myself oddly hypnotised by those figures when I first noticed them the other day.

I assume the extreme ends of the spectrum are mostly civillian dead, but it must be possible some of those 14-16 year olds lied about their age (or perhaps are from 'colonial' armies ??).


No these are all military. Civilian age spreads mirrors the general population (age 0-90 years, bombs have no preference.). A lot of the young ones may be naval, or mercantile marine. Older end would include staff officers, who don't retire.

Couldn't work out if I can search through Geoff's engine using age as a criteria to see who might have a regimental/unit identity associated with such youth though. (?)

No you cannot do this (yet!). There is no age search field. If you're curious about some ages I could look them up.

 

Age 14, many are on Tower Hill:

STEED, CWGC :: Casualty Details
JONES, CWGC :: Casualty Details
HIND, CWGC :: Casualty Details
AVANT, CWGC :: Casualty Details
CROUCHER, CWGC :: Casualty Details
OSTRICH, CWGC :: Casualty Details
HILLS, CWGC :: Casualty Details
HUNT, CWGC :: Casualty Details
PAGE, CWGC :: Casualty Details
WATSON, CWGC :: Casualty Details
SEXTON, CWGC :: Casualty Details
SMITH, CWGC :: Casualty Details
COOK, CWGC :: Casualty Details
CORLETT, CWGC :: Casualty Details
ROBINSON, CWGC :: Casualty Details
BOND, CWGC :: Casualty Details
LEWIS, CWGC :: Casualty Details

 

So who's the 91 year old?


Yes, i'm intrigued, as well!

Steve W.

 

Yes, i'm intrigued, as well!

Steve W.

Name: WINDSOR, ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT
Initials: A W P A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Field Marshal
Regiment: General Staff
Age: 91
Date of Death: 16/01/1942
Awards: KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD
Additional Information: 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Third son of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: FROGMORE ROYAL BURIAL GROUND

 

Cheers,
Seems an odd inclusion on CWGC, or are Field Marshalls (or even Dukes etc. with military service) included as a matter of course?

And others, above a certain rank, if died of any cause during the commemoration period, but I believe the rule only came into force in 1940something. So dying between whatever that date is and 31.12.1947 qualifies.

 

Fascinating!

Steve W.

 

UK Civilian war deaths 1939-1947. This does not include quite a number who's age is given in months, rather than years (usually under 3 years old) - I'm still trying to count those.


1 53 0.08
2 653 1.01
3 678 1.05
4 610 0.94
5 726 1.12
6 542 0.84
7 486 0.75
8 502 0.78
9 520 0.80
10 550 0.85
11 538 0.83
12 560 0.87
13 611 0.94
14 682 1.05
15 823 1.27
16 960 1.48
17 1076 1.66
18 993 1.54
19 942 1.46
20 888 1.37
21 694 1.07
22 589 0.91
23 613 0.95
24 731 1.13
25 783 1.21
26 845 1.31
27 804 1.24
28 895 1.38
29 877 1.36
30 1121 1.73
31 880 1.36
32 1116 1.73
33 978 1.51
34 1011 1.56
35 1125 1.74
36 1103 1.71
37 1048 1.62
38 1051 1.62
39 1037 1.60
40 1168 1.81
41 952 1.47
42 1055 1.63
43 958 1.48
44 934 1.44
45 1126 1.74
46 951 1.47
47 935 1.45
48 1087 1.68
49 1021 1.58
50 1238 1.91
51 845 1.31
52 1105 1.71
53 922 1.43
54 997 1.54
55 1033 1.60
56 999 1.54
57 910 1.41
58 959 1.48
59 954 1.47
60 1153 1.78
61 809 1.25
62 898 1.39
63 880 1.36
64 856 1.32
65 954 1.47
66 679 1.05
67 703 1.09
68 650 1.00
69 623 0.96
70 697 1.08
71 452 0.70
72 580 0.90
73 517 0.80
74 472 0.73
75 397 0.61
76 385 0.60
77 285 0.44
78 310 0.48
79 231 0.36
80 241 0.37
81 147 0.23
82 171 0.26
83 148 0.23
84 160 0.25
85 100 0.15
86 94 0.15
87 69 0.11
88 40 0.06
89 38 0.06
90 34 0.05
91 20 0.03
92 18 0.03
93 12 0.02
94 7 0.01
95 2 0.00
96 5 0.01
97 1 0.00
98 2 0.00
99 1 0.00

 

Here you go:




Steve W.