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Originally Posted by PsyWar.Org  I've just found a possible relative of mine listed as a civilian war dead.
Can anyone tell me the definition of a civilian war dead in relation to the CWGC website? Does it mean a civilian in government employ, e.g. ARP or does it refer to any civilian casualty due to the war, e.g. a victim of an air raid?
Lee |
Lee,
From the cwgc.org website:
"Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour
During the Second World War, the Commission was given the task of compiling as complete a list as possible of Commonwealth civilians whose deaths were due to enemy action. The complete roll of some 66,400 names is bound in seven volumes and kept near St George’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey, where a different page is displayed each day."
The WW2 Civilian roll was requested by Churchill. In WW1, only military and war service deaths (mercantile marine, nursing, etc) were added to The Commissions roll.