"Specialising In Military History Memories"
Background picture: Rorkes Drift Mission Station, Natal Provence, 1879.
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In the Great War: 5 % of about 13 million killed were civilian. Of about 5 million British & Commonwealth soldiers who served just under 1 million were killed as a direct result of action. That is to say that 4 million returned home and of these many were maimed; some terribly both physical and mentally, for the rest of their lives.
By contrast the Second World War killed between 50 – 60 million and 60% of this total were civilian deaths. The World War Two tally was the most devastating to non combatants of any conflict in history.
We Should Never Forget Those Sacrifices, 11/11/18.
By contrast the Second World War killed between 50 – 60 million and 60% of this total were civilian deaths. The World War Two tally was the most devastating to non combatants of any conflict in history.
We Should Never Forget Those Sacrifices, 11/11/18.
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We acquire material for this website from a number of very different sources ranging from the interviewing of local people, the generosity of museum staff, the National Archives and extracts from relevant existing publications both long out of print and current. Where exact sources can be traced and identified we will always endeavour to credit accordingly; any omissions or lapses of this procedure are purely accidental and no malice is intended. Should a reader of this website feel that improper attention to the crediting of a source has occurred then please let us know immediately so that the oversight can be rectified?
Copyright Steve Sullivan, November 2018
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
