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Circumstances of WW1 deaths
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Helen | Report | 26 Aug 2009 11:44 |
Thanks, that's really interesting. It did seem to me far fetched. |
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mgnv | Report | 25 Aug 2009 12:27 |
Helen - I think not. If a shell passed that close to his trench, he'ld almost surely be in the blast zone, and death thru blast injury is much more likely. The pressure wave gets into the airspaces in the body - lungs and stomach, and completely wrecks them, and the guy, who will be concussed, suffers a massive haemorrhage He can appear unmarked externally. This has been remarked on by ww2 blitz survivors, too. |
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Helen | Report | 24 Aug 2009 18:32 |
Thanks so much everybody for all this advice. It's going to be useful in my quest! The story is that my great great uncle was alone in the trench. Being a teetotaller he didn't want to hang out with his comrades who were carousing in the 'dug out'! Apparently a shell flew over sucking all the air from the trench and he suffocated to death. Does this sound likely?! |
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nuttybongo | Report | 24 Aug 2009 16:38 |
Hi there, |
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Researching: |
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mgnv | Report | 24 Aug 2009 13:00 |
Annie - yes, I expected to see that sort of thing. It is what one sees in the WW1 register, |
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Janice | Report | 24 Aug 2009 12:51 |
Hi Helen, |
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mgnv | Report | 24 Aug 2009 02:03 |
If you want to see an image of a WW1 death register, there's a free example link in the last line of: |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 23 Aug 2009 19:22 |
Most records for soldiers would just say died of wounds, but if you are looking for what happened at a specific place/battle then you could use Google, or try this forum |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 23 Aug 2009 19:21 |
You could get his death certificate but this is most likely to say "Killed in action" or "Died of wounds". You could look at the War Diary for his battalion to see what they were involved in on the day of his death although it's probably unlikely that the exact circumstances of his particular death will be mentioned. Some war diaries are online on the documentsonline website. If it's not there, it means a trip to the National Archives. |
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Helen | Report | 23 Aug 2009 19:10 |
Hello, |