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Published in London in 1917, this volume serves as a permanent historical register for naval and military casualties of the First World War. Compiled by the Marquis de Ruvigny, the record gathers portraits and biographical details to ensure fallen servicemen are not forgotten. It captures the scale of sacrifice by documenting thousands of individual lives lost across land and sea.
The ROLL OF HONOUR
Fallen combatants from London to the far reaches of the Empire lie in graves spanning Flanders, Gallipoli, Serbia, and distant ocean floors. Whether meeting death with prayers or laughter, veterans and young volunteers alike made the ultimate sacrifice for national ideals. History will eventually judge the war's causes, but the sheer devotion of those who fell remains beyond dispute. Their names stand recorded without distinction of rank or background.
AND EVER THE FAITH ENDURES.
Inclusion in the record required no fee, ensuring every documented casualty received an impartial, detailed biographical entry. Beyond official casualty lists, entries capture exact death dates, birthplaces, lineage, and poignant extracts from commanding officers' letters. By recording surviving children, the volume equips future generations to read how their ancestors died in action. Volume one alone contains approximately eight thousand names from the war's initial year.
PREFACE.
Detailed entries reconstruct individual acts of heroism across major engagements like Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Coronel, and Loos. Captain Marmaduke Abbay manhandled a Sikh comrade's machine gun under fire before succumbing to wounds, while Major George Adams cut barbed wire at Gallipoli. Private Robert Adams was killed by a sniper while seeking to spot enemy fire, and Corporal Harry Abbotts died after a charge at Loos. These personal histories turn vast statistics into human memory.
The Roll of Honour.
A comprehensive biographical record of British Empire servicemen killed during the early years of the First World War.