Geoffs Search Engine for ww2

[gen]

Hi Geoff,

Must add my congratulations to you for a wonderful resource. Could you post the link for your WW1 search engine please?

Gen

[geoff501]

Originally Posted by gen

Could you post the link for your WW1 search engine please?
Gen

Gen, here it is:

http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/search2.php

geoff

[gen]

Thanks so much for that Geoff. If i can help in anyway let me know.

Gen

[geoff501]

Not all CWGC records have an age given. I thought some of you may be interested in the age distribution of those that are given. This list is for UK unit casualties between 1939-45 (not including civilian war dead). Many of the youger deaths will be cadets or boy rank and many will be navy or mercantile marine. The older numbers will be staff officers, etc. and perhaps home defence units.

(if I find a way to tabulate this i'll edit it!)

geoff

age - number - percent
==================
14 16 0.01
15 143 0.05
16 548 0.18
17 1449 0.48
18 5488 1.83
19 15489 5.18
20 22260 7.44
21 26984 9.02
22 23194 7.75
23 20845 6.97
24 19389 6.48
25 16771 5.61
26 15120 5.05
27 14603 4.88
28 13898 4.65
29 13029 4.35
30 11292 3.77
31 10025 3.35
32 9064 3.03
33 7715 2.58
34 6679 2.23
35 5774 1.93
36 5013 1.68
37 4275 1.43
38 3724 1.24
39 3451 1.15
40 2843 0.95
41 2431 0.81
42 2222 0.74
43 1770 0.59
44 1548 0.52
45 1299 0.43
46 1109 0.37
47 1035 0.35
48 949 0.32
49 936 0.31
50 783 0.26
51 659 0.22
52 699 0.23
53 639 0.21
54 562 0.19
55 500 0.17
56 503 0.17
57 439 0.15
58 405 0.14
59 346 0.12
60 300 0.10
61 183 0.06
62 188 0.06
63 140 0.05
64 140 0.05
65 98 0.03
66 60 0.02
67 47 0.02
68 38 0.01
69 27 0.01
70 18 0.01
71 6 0.00
72 8 0.00
73 3 0.00
74 2 0.00
75 1 0.00
77 1 0.00
78 1 0.00
79 1 0.00
91 1 0.00

[Owen]

Geof,
I can't find this unit in the drop down menu.

The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

[geoff501]

Originally Posted by Owen

Geof,
I can't find this unit in the drop down menu.

The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

Owen,

They are listed under RAC, so the unit is not in the drop down. You will have to search in the Unit Text field. I tried it on my 'desktop' version and got over 100, here is one below to show the record format.

cheers,

geoff


Name: BERRY, BRIAN
Initials: B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Unit Text: 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/08/1944
Service No: 304678
Additional Information: Son of Reginald Frank and Doris Christine Berry, of Purley, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. E. 13.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

[Owen]

Cheers Geoff.
Sorted .

[GPRegt]

Geoff

Excellent stats. I've cobbled a tabulation:



Steve W.

[von Poop]

Nice one Steve, found myself oddly hypnotised by those figures when I first noticed them the other day.

I assume the extreme ends of the spectrum are mostly civillian dead, but it must be possible some of those 14-16 year olds lied about their age (or perhaps are from 'colonial' armies ??).
Couldn't work out if I can search through Geoff's engine using age as a criteria to see who might have a regimental/unit identity associated with such youth though. (?)

[geoff501]

Originally Posted by von Poop

Nice one Steve, found myself oddly hypnotised by those figures when I first noticed them the other day.

I assume the extreme ends of the spectrum are mostly civillian dead, but it must be possible some of those 14-16 year olds lied about their age (or perhaps are from 'colonial' armies ??).

No these are all military. Civilian age spreads mirrors the general population (age 0-90 years, bombs have no preference.). A lot of the young ones may be naval, or mercantile marine. Older end would include staff officers, who don't retire.

Couldn't work out if I can search through Geoff's engine using age as a criteria to see who might have a regimental/unit identity associated with such youth though. (?)

No you cannot do this (yet!). There is no age search field. If you're curious about some ages I could look them up.