The First World War Roll of Honour

The 17-volume 'First World War Roll of Honour' is a commemorative series of books to remember all the military and civilian casualties of the UK, Commonwealth and former Empire nations who lost their lives during the First World War for the respective time period covered by each volume. Each entry lists, where known and recorded, the name, rank, service number, date of death and unit (or for civilian casualties, name, date of death, cause of death and age). The books are set out by...
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The 17-volume 'First World War Roll of Honour' is a commemorative series of books to remember all the military and civilian casualties of the UK, Commonwealth and former Empire nations who lost their lives during the First World War for the respective time period covered by each volume. Each entry lists, where known and recorded, the name, rank, service number, date of death and unit (or for civilian casualties, name, date of death, cause of death and age). The books are set out by Nation of Service, Military Branch then by Regiment. In some instances only initials are given for first names where full names were not known/recorded in the original sources. Officers were not issued service numbers.June 1918 witnessed a new era on the Western Front. The United States of America was now a significant fighting force and the Germans had suffered devastating losses already in the two failed breakouts at the Somme and at Ypres. Originally bolstered by half a million battle-hardened soldiers from the former Russian Front, the all out, no-expenses-spared battles had cost dearly. Having tied up too many men to sacrifice in front of the allied machine guns, the German Army was no longer in any state to defend itself against the increasing numbers of men entering the battlefields on the British side, and embarked upon a large scale retreat from the lands it had just recently taken.This fifteenth book in the First World War Roll of Honour series covers the casualties attributable directly to the War (including those killed in action, died of wounds, illness or other means) for all nations of the British Empire and Commonwealth during June to August 1918. It also lists members of the Merchant Navy and the known civilian casualties caused as a direct result of enemy action that are not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.In total, 58,097 names are included in this volume of the First World War Roll of Honour.