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WW1 Casualty Lists
WW1 Casualty Lists were initially published on a daily basis in newspapers, but WO original lists no longer appear to exist. They were then published weekly by HMSO, as ''War Office Weekly Casualty List'' no.1-48 (7 Aug.1917 - 2 July 1918), and later as ''Weekly Casualty List (War Office & Air Ministry)'' no.49-83 (9 July 1918 - 4 March 1919), available at some libraries.
Daily lists may be found in online newspaper databases such as ''The [London] Times Digital Archive'', for access see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some subscription websites with a Library Card|Miscellaneous tips]], and ''The Scotsman'' in Scotland, the latter initially all casualties but later limited to Scots related. TheGenealogist, a pay website, as part of its Diamond premium subscription, includes a database "Military and Casualty Lists"<ref>[https://www.thegenealogist.com/featuredarticles/2014/was-your-ancestor-wounded-in-the-First-World-War-155/ Was your ancestor wounded in the First World War?] thegenealogist.com</ref>, which appears to consist of Daily Lists transcribed from newspapers, together with Weekly Lists transcribed and with images, from British Library held original publications,<ref> callowbrack et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/225762-daily-casualty-lists/ daily casualty lists] ''Great War Forum'' 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> with data to April 1918,<ref>Drew1918. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/237835-the-genealogist/?do=findComment&comment=2383526 The Genealogist] ''Great War Forum'' 1 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> (Weekly List No. 36 April 9th 1918<ref> TEW [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/252141-weekly-casualty-list-war-office-air-ministry/?do=findComment&comment=2548988 Weekly Casualty List (War Office & Air Ministry)] ''Great War Forum'' 1 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref>) but with some gaps in the data, and Officers seem to be listed to 1920.<ref>TEW [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/245452-casualty-records-fmp-fwr-genealogist/?do=findComment&comment=2469711 Casualty Records FMP/ FWR/ Genealogist] ''Great War Forum'' 3 December 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> Added July 2017, with later 1919 additions, [[findmypast]] and the British Newspaper Archive<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspapertitle=Weekly%20Casualty%20List%20(War%20Office%20%2526%20Air%20Ministry%20) ''Weekly Casualty List (War Office & Air Ministry)''] British Newspaper Archive.</ref>, under ''Weekly Casualty List (War Office & Air Ministry)'' contain Lists from 7 Aug. 1917 to 4 Mar. 1919 (currently (2019/01/06) missing publications between 1 Jan. and 23 Apr. 1918), and not all editions may be complete.<ref name=TOL >TEW et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/257396-the-times-on-line/ The Times On-Line] ''Great War Forum'' 17 January 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.</ref> These websites may also contain newspapers with Daily Lists. On [[findmypast]], the Weekly Lists may be located either in the category Newspapers and periodicals, or in the category Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War in the databases "British Army, First World War Casualty Lists", and the related Browse database,<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-first-world-war-casualty-lists British Army, First World War Casualty Lists] and [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-first-world-war-casualty-lists-image-browse British Army, First World War Casualty Lists Image Browse] findmypast.</ref>which have different viewing formats, the latter much easier to view/browse than the Newspapers format. '''Note''', however, the '''Armed Forces category does not contain any 1919 publications'''.<br> '''Update 17 July 2019''', National Library of Scotland released a free database of all '''weekly''' Casualty Lists,<ref>[https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/144481815 Weekly Casualty Lists] National Library of Scotland.</ref> except one. Currently (2019/07/26) the NLS database is missing ''List No. 63'', October 1918, however this may become available in the future. '''Note''', some missing names were noted in the NLS pages, due to cropping at the margins during the filming, so it is worthwhile trying different sources of databases for comparison if you cannot find a name of interest.
''Weekly Casualty List No. 78, January 28th, 1919'' is known to contain names of "Released Prisoners of War from Germany, arrived in England".<ref> 7Y&LP. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/256068-pow-repatriation-at-the-end-of-the-war/?do=findComment&comment=2595613 POW repatriation at the end of the war] ''Great War Forum'' 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019.</ref> It is possible that names of released POWs are similarly contained in other editions, particularly those issued after 11 December 1918.
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