pudsey63 Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 Hi, A quick general question. Am I right in thinking that, allowing for duplicates on other memorials, it is normal to multiply the number of men named on a memorial by ten to get a rough idea how many may have served in the district? I seem to remember reading that somewhere. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 26 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 26 May , 2020 A quick answer (given that there is no real certainty as to numbers) but according to Statistics of the Military Effort published 1922 8,375,000 men mobilised 702,410 killed (all theatres, all services) Percentage of men mobilised killed = 8.4% So I guess that's where it came from. One memorial I've studied in some depth has 71 names of those who served and 9 dead which is 12.6% Another church memorial in the same small town has 123 names of those who served and 21 dead which is 17% Add the two together and you get 15% (and they were just the non-Conformists). Certainly we need a bigger sample but it does seem a rather shaky extrapolation of 8.4% total war dead to a local memorial. I guess it depends on how the data is used. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudsey63 Posted 26 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 May , 2020 Thank you Ken, that’s very interesting. Given that several local men are named on at least two memorials in the area I can see how it’s always going to be impossible to get a figure, but at least it gives me an indication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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