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Originally Posted by Adrian Roberts  I haven't looked through all of these but I wonder if they are a little too inclusive. I randomly clicked on the casualties for those who died in the USA; there were five who all died in different air crashes, but as these crashes would not have been as a result of enemy action, I wonder why the CWGC counted them? Do deaths in India from illness count as deaths in action? |
Adrian,
Anyone who was working for the war effort officially and died during that time is recognised by the CWGC. Doesn't matter if they died in an accident or from sickness they would be on the CWGC database and classed as war dead. Same goes for civilians who died because of enemy action, ie a bombing raid.
Hope that helps with your question.
Mike (Sniper)
