From war poets to the friends and colleagues in the 'Pals' Battalions, the battlefields of World War 1 generated a previously unimaginable stream of wounded servicemen. You can now easily find them with this latest release from TheGenealogist.

Covering servicemen of all ranks, from every walk of life, the new comprehensive casualty records cover every year of World War 1. If your ancestor became one of the many casualties, they should feature in the new online records. Alongside the name of the injured servicemen is their regiment, rank, the date they were registered as a 'casualty' and often their hometown or place of enlistment.

In the new records online we find Harold Macmillan, a former British Prime Minister who fought with the Grenadier Guards in WW1. In September 1915 at the Battle of Loos he was shot in the hand and received a glancing bullet wound to the head, ending up in hospital back in Britain. A year later he returned to the front for the Battle of the Somme, where he was again wounded. This time it was severe and he spent an entire day lying in a trench with a bullet in his pelvis. We can find both casualty records for Macmillan in the new records.

"The Scottish troops, facing a thick cloud of chlorine gas, were hesitant to attack but Piper Laidlaw climbed out of the trench and, under fire, began playing to inspire the troops until they resumed attack. He was wounded in both legs but carried on playing for as long as he could. His casualty record is on TheGenealogist"