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Miscellaneous online sources
***Databases based on the publications ''The Bond of Sacrifice: a Biographical Record of all British officers who fell in the Great War'' (2 Volumes); ''Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19'' (80 Volumes, HMSO, see titles of the Volumes<ref>[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/292837 FamilySearch Library catalogue entry for ''Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919'']</ref>) and ''Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19'' (the latter two, one database); ''The Roll of Honour. A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war'' by the Marquis De Ruvigny (5 Volumes). Databases 2 and 3 are also available on Ancestry.
***Database based on the publication ''The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918'', (14 Volumes), published c 1920. The vast majority of entries refer to combatants who survived the Great War. Entries were compliled by subscription, submitted by individuals or families. This database is available on Ancestry as "England, The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918" which however contains only 11 of the 14 volumes.
***Database based on the publication ''Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918: being the names of Irishmen who fell in the Great European War'' ( 8 Volumes). The findmypast database is "Ireland's Memorial Record: World War 1: 1914-1918", and there is a similar database on Ancestry "Ireland, Casualties of World War I, 1914-1922".**:Database "Irish Officers Died In The Great War, 1914-1919" based on the book ''Our Heroes'' which covered the period August 1914 to July 1916. (Introduced 2018/08/10). This database is also available for free from [http://ourheroes.southdublinlibraries.ie/ourheroes Our Heros southdublinlibraries.ie].
***"British Jewry Book Of Honour, 1914-1920", a database from the book ''British Jewry Book Of Honour'' published in 1922. There is similar database on Ancestry (released 2016/10), consisting of index records only, with the book available on the associated pay site [https://www.fold3.com/image/250/537878415 Fold3].
***"British Army, Deserters and Absentees In Police Gazette 1914-1919". Selected dates only, not a complete range.<ref>Stewart, Graham. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/230741-new-on-findmypast-deserters-and-absentees-police-gazette-1914-1919/?do=findComment&comment=2296337 New on Findmypast - Deserters and Absentees, Police Gazette, 1914-1919] ''Great War Forum'' 15 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref>
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