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WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing
====WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing====
Naval & Military Press have published a number of facsimile reprints<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=British+Red+Cross+and+Order+of+St+John+Enquiry+List+&post_type=product ''British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List For Wounded And Missing''] Naval & Military Press</ref>of ''British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List For Wounded And Missing''. N&MP state the originals are held by the Department of Printed Books, The Imperial War Museum, “who hold the largest collection of these titles known to exist”, however the writer of this section could not locate any IWM catalogue reference, so it is unclear if they are still held by IWM. The Australian War Memorial Library holds copies, probably four, catalogued as ''Enquiry list : wounded and missing'' by British Red Cross and Order of St. John. (More details of these records.<ref>[https://vad.redcross.org.uk/en/~/media/BritishRedCross/Documents/Who%20we%20are/History%20and%20archives/Missing%20and%20wounded%20service%20during%20the%20First%20World%20War.pdf Missing And Wounded Service During The First World War] vad.redcross.org.uk. David_Blanchard et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/191464-british-red-cross-list-october-1918/ BRITISH RED CROSS List October 1918] ''Great War Forum'' 25 February 2013 et al. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref>). The reprints are available at The National Archives Library. Fold3, an Ancestry related pay website has a database "British WWI Wounded And Missing", which is stated to be sourced from the Naval & Military Press, but which reprint(s) is/are included is not stated, or otherwise known. (Total records 158,041). The records are stated to be a "List of wounded and missing British, Australian, Canadian, South African personnel in all theatres of war about whom enquiries have been made". Forces War Records, a pay website, contains a database consisting of the 1 August 1917 List (List No. 14, 1917).
<br>'''The data may possibly include regimental details not generally available elsewhere''', such as Battery number for Royal Artillery soldiers.
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