Websites. Search The National Archives’ bookshop to see whether any of the publications below may be available to buy. 4 UK Regular Armed Forces Overall and Service Comparison In 2017, there were 63 deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces. World War I - World War I - Killed, wounded, and missing: The casualties suffered by the participants in World War I dwarfed those of previous wars: some 8,500,000 soldiers died as a result of wounds and/or disease. Total deaths related to the 'Troubles' in Ireland 1969 - 1998. Many of the records found in this collection have been available on Findmypast as separate record sets: British nationals died overseas 1818-2005, British nationals armed forces deaths 1796-2005, and Deaths at sea. [156] [157] [158] The number of British troops wounded in Afghanistan had doubled in a year: 432 servicemen and women injured so far in 2009—compared to 235 in all of 2008. Figure 1 provides details of the age and gender standardised mortality rates (per 100,000 personnel at risk) by Service for the ten-year period, 2008-2017. Source: Malcolm Sutton, "An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland". Search the indexes of overseas and armed forces birth, marriage and death records registered with the General Register Office at Findmypast.co.uk (£).The armed forces records begin in 1761 and include records from military units posted overseas. Of these, 12 deaths were in the Naval Service, 38 in the Army and 11 in the RAF. The British military was responsible for about 10% of all deaths in the conflict. This year had been the bloodiest for British forces since the Falklands War in 1982, and followed 39 British deaths in Afghanistan in 2006, 42 in 2007 and 51 in 2008. Police/Army includes British Army, RUC and Irish Security Forces.Paramilitary includes Loyalist and Republican terrorists.Civilian cover the rest. This table gives the total victims in each of three categories. Photo by Ernest Brooks. The average age of fatalities in cavalry units was 26.4 years, and in infantry units (including the Parachute Regt)--23.8, as against only 22.5 years in the Guards Brigade. Units of the British Army which suffered fatal casualties, are listed along with the number of Officers and Other Ranks killed, and the average age of the casualties. Douaumont French military cemetery seen from Douaumont ossuary, which contains remains of French and German soldiers who died during the Battle of Verdun in 1916. According to one study, the British military killed 306 people during Operation Banner, 156 (~51%) of whom were unarmed civilians. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 37 million. Figure 1 provides details of the age and gender standardised mortality rates (per 100,000 personnel at risk) by Service for the ten-year period, 2009-2018. Another study says the British military killed 301 … General Register Office indexes of births, marriages and deaths at sea and abroad, 1761–2005. The greatest number of casualties and wounds were inflicted by artillery, followed by small arms, and then by poison gas. Search the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for information about deaths in the First or Second World War.. Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986 on probatesearch.service.gov.uk.. Books. Of these, 12 deaths were in the Naval Service, 40 in the Army and 11 in the RAF. 4 UK Regular Armed Forces Overall and Service Comparison In 2018, there were 61 deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces. 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