War Diaries Talk

Casualty List Tagging - Killed or Wounded?

  • frazernasharchiveslmb by frazernasharchiveslmb

    On my current diary a list of casualties is given at the end of a period of severe engagement, listing 16 officers and 300 ORs. However, there is no indication as to how many of these are K.I.A. or wounded so could you advise how I should correctly tag this. Sorry if this is a common question, but I've search right through the discussion board and cannot find an answer. Thank you. Louise.

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  • frazernasharchiveslmb by frazernasharchiveslmb

    Sorry, I forgot to say that the Officers' names are listed but, again, with no indication as to whether they have been killed or wounded so I would like to know how to tag these names. Thanks. Louise

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Hi Louise,

    No problem - feel free to ask whenever you need help.

    In this case, I think it's probably best to tag all the casualties as wounded. Where no details are specified, we'll just have to accept that this might build some inaccuracy into the data.

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  • frazernasharchiveslmb by frazernasharchiveslmb

    Thank you for your help.
    Louise

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  • frazernasharchiveslmb by frazernasharchiveslmb

    Well ... I've just gone back to recommence classifying and discovered that alongside each officer's name, marked in very feint pencil, is either the letter K or W, indicating whether they were killed or wounded. This answers part of my question. Sorry, I didn't notice this before.
    Louise

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    No problem - the pages can often be hard to read.

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