Free Database of Irish Soldiers who died in WWI

Jellybaby1

New free UPDATED database of Irish soldiers who died in WW1 - See more at: http://irish-genealogy-news.blogspot.ie/2014/01/new-free-database-of-irish-soldiers-who.html#sthash.i2BRkINh.dpuf

This was on the RTE news this evening, and on Claire Santry's blog. I must admit I never knew the records were so incomplete. It may offer me a little crack in the wall I've been staring at for years.

Edit: Apologies, forgot to put the link: http://imr.inflandersfields.be/search.html

Jellybaby1

I've just checked the site - I've seen those pages before, but where? Are they really NEW?

L1011

For those with intact wills, the irishgeneology list is much more useful, not a huge amount here - yet, anyway. Only have the one in my extended tree to look at, relation of my partner.

riverrocked

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I've just checked the site - I've seen those pages before, but where? Are they really NEW?

They aren't new you would have seen them on CWGC as well as many other places, this is nothing new at all. I checked out one of the people I knew was killed and there was less detail on this new one than on the CWGC.

Jellybaby1

That would be right. I previously got the information on http://www.cwgc.org/ but the actual pages don't seem to be there. I definitely have seen the printed records before.

This information is definitely not new......so why all the hoo-ha by the politicians on the news then. Ah yes....more hot air!

riverrocked

The books themselves are in my local studies section of the library so you probably saw them in your local studies section too.

Yes, a lot of hot air and wasted taxpayers money when a quick google search would show that this project had already been done and done well.

Jellybaby1

riverrocked, yep, the library could have been the place all right. I was really led up the garden path this time, apologies to all.

enfield

A quick search for;
Tipperary casualties gives 951, actual (at the moment) stands at 1487.
Carlow casualties gives 319, actual (at the moment) stands at 561.
Clare casualties gives 416, actual (at the moment) stands at 667.
Cork casualties gives 2204, actual (at the moment) stands at 4249.
Kerry casualties gives 403, actual (at the moment) stands at 711
Kilkenny casualties gives 464, actual (at the moment) stands at 785.
King's County (Offaly) Is not in it yet for some reason but stands at 650.
Queen's County (Laois) Is not in it yet for some reason but stands at 565.
Limerick casualties gives 810, actual (at the moment) stands at 1288..
Longford casualties gives 206, actual (at the moment) stands at 321.
Roscommon casualties gives 318, actual (at the moment) stands at 518.
Waterford casualties gives 630, actual (at the moment) stands at 1134.
Westmeath casualties gives 346, actual (at the moment) stands at 725.
Wexford casualties gives 510, actual (at the moment) stands at 877.
Wicklow casualties gives 407, actual (at the moment) stands at 748.
Dublin casualties 8050 (but this included every soldier casualty of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers) gives 8050. Dublin currently being compiled stands at the moment at 8010.

Irelands Memorial; Records was a flawed, inaccurate, database and by the looks of it, contrary to their claims, has not been corrected nor has it been updated.
Regards.
Tom.

desbrook

Have to agree all the above. Site is poorly laid out and lacks detail. Like using a battered handwritten notebook with sellotaped pages rather than a clearly indexed full volume. Epic fail that borders on dishonesty.