First World War casualty Frank Dent (General)

by HarryBrook , Friday, April 04, 2014, 10:49 (3681 days ago) @ Jefff

Not a fool Jeff. If a man was killed in a specific action, on a specific date, and it is known his unit was involved then it is a pretty safe bet to attribute his death accordingly. Similarly the same applies if he is KNOWN to have died of wounds shortly after. It gets a bit shakey when you don't know the cause of death and he is buried a long way from the front. Then you need other sources of information - Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 gives a range of causes of death - killed in action, died of wounds, or died. The latter usually being of disease or by accident.