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Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War
- About the Records
- How the Records Are Arranged in the Volumes
- List of Content of Volumes
- How to Obtain Copies
- Other resources
About the records
Library and Archives Canada holds records related to the death of service personnel from both the First and Second World War grouped into one series: Accession RG 150, 1992-93/314.
- Volumes 1 to 38 hold applications for the burial of ex-CEF personnel to be buried in Canada or the United States with a military marker supplied by the Government of Canada.
- Volumes 39 to 144 are known as the “Black Binders” and serve as a register of death and location of the body or memorial, serving primarily as a death certificate and register of burial for those serving in Belgium, France or the United Kingdom. These volumes have also been digitized and are available online.
- Volumes 145 to 238 are known as the “Brown Binders” which focuses on the circumstances of death (if available) with particulars of the initial grave site, if known.
- Volumes 239 to 274 are about the death and burial of military service personnel in Canada and the United States during the First World War and afterwards.
- Volumes 275 to 278 are for groups killed in the First World War not described in any of the above mentioned records. These include those lost at sea, members of the Siberian Expeditionary Force, enemy aliens interned by Canada and miscellaneous personnel of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the Royal Canadian Navy.
- Volumes 279 to 302 are for Second World War Service personnel killed in Canada, including personnel involved in the British Commonwealth Air Training Program.
Circumstances of Deaths Registers
This series (volumes 145 to 238) consists of registers known as the “Brown Binders” that include information on the circumstances of death with particulars of the initial grave site. The registers are arranged in alphabetic order and provide for each Canadian Expeditionary Force member a two page document that contains the following information:
- Service number
- Rank
- Name (Surname and Christian Names)
- Unit or Ship
- Date of Casualty
- Headquarter File Number
- Religion
- Circumstances of casualty
- Name, Relationship and Address of Next of Kin
- Location of Unit at Time of casualty
- Cemetery
- Location of Cemetery
- Grave Location and Information
The registers were maintained by Records Office of the Overseas Ministry, with the burial information contained forward to Militia and Defence Headquarters. It should be noted that these registers do not indicate the final place of burial if there was a change in the location of the grave. For this information the researcher should refer to the Commonwealth War Graves registers that have also been digitized and are available online.
When the Public Archives of Canada (PAC), now Library and Archives Canada, took over responsibility for historical military service records in 1971, these records were transferred to Library and Archives Canada.
How the Records Are Arranged in the Volumes
The volumes have been digitized and the images appear in the same order as in the volumes. You can browse through the images as you would through the volume. You can move through the images one by one, or skip ahead by entering a new page (image) number in the page navigation box. The records are not searchable by name.
List of Content of Volumes
| Surnames | Microform Sequence |
Volume Number |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron to Alek | 1 | 31829_B016711 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 145 |
| Alexander to Amyot | 2 | 31829_B016712 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 146 |
| Ancell to Armson | 3 | 31829_B016713 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 147 |
| Armstrong to Ayvas | 4 | 31829_B016714 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 148 |
| Babb to Barjarow | 5 | 31829_B016715 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 149 |
| Bark to Bazinet | 6 | 31829_B016716 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 150 |
| Bea to Belisle | 7 | 31829_B016717 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 151 |
| Bell to Bernaquez | 8 | 31829_B016718 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 |
| Bernard to Binyon | 9 | 31829_B016719 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 |
| Birch to Blakstad | 10 | 31829_B034746 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 |
| Blampie to Booth | 11 | 31829_B016720 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 |
| Border to Boys | 12 | 31829_B016721 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 |
| Brabant to Britton | 13 | 31829_B016722 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 |
| Broad to Broyak | 14 | 31829_B016723 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 |
| Brubacher to Bunyan | 15 | 31829_B016724 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 159 |
| Burbank to Bytheway | 16 | 31829_B016725 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 160 |
| Cabana to Campling | 17 | 31829_B016726 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 161 |
| Canavan to Caswell | 18 | 31829_B016727 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 162 |
| Catchpole to Chignell | 19 | 31829_B016728 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 163 |
| Child to Clayton | 20 | 31829_B016729 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 164 |
| Cleal to Connolly | 21 | 31829_B016730 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 165 |
| Connon to Corbett | 22 | 31829_B016731 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 166 |
| Corbi to Cozni | 23 | 31829_B016732 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 167 |
| Crabb to Crossland | 24 | 31829_B016733 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 168 |
| Crossley to Cyrs | 25 | 31829_B016734 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 169 |
| Dack to Dabate | 26 | 31829_B016735 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 170 |
| Davy to Detro | 27 | 31829_B016736 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 171 |
| Deuel to Domoney | 28 | 31829_B016737 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 172 |
| Don to Drzewiecki | 29 | 31829_B016738 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 173 |
| Duane to Dzhobiewski | 30 | 31829_B016739 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 174 |
| Ead to Elliott | 31 | 31829_B016740 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 175 |
| Ellis to Eyr | 32 | 31829_B016741 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 176 |
| Faber to Ffoulkes | 33 | 31829_B016742 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 177 |
| Ficht to Flynn | 34 | 31829_B016743 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 178 |
| Foames to Fraser | 35 | 31829_B016744 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 179 |
| Frayn to Fyson | 36 | 31829_B016694 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 180 |
| Gabbe to Gash | 37 | 31829_B016691 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 181 |
| Gaskell to Gibsone | 38 | 31829_B016690 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 182 |
| Giddings to Godfrey | 39 | 31829_B016689 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 183 |
| Godin to Goudy | 40 | 31829_B016686 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 184 |
| Gouedard to Gray | 41 | 31829_B034747 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 185 |
| Graybourn to Grivel | 42 | 31829_B016687 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 186 |
| Groat to Halkett | 43 | 31829_B016688 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 187 |
| Hall to Hannaford-Hill | 44 | 31829_B016684 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 188 |
| Hannah to Harrison | 45 | 31829_B016683 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 189 |
| Harrod to Hazlewood | 46 | 31829_B016685 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 190 |
| Head to Herron | 47 | 31829_B016745 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 191 |
| Hersee to Hoey | 48 | 31829_B034748 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 192 |
| Hoffman to Hopwood | 49 | 31829_B016746 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 193 |
| Hora to Humphries | 50 | 31829_B016693 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 194 |
| Hunking to Hyson | 51 | 31829_B016697 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 195 |
| Ibbetson to Izzo | 52 | 31829_B016696 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 196 |
| Jack to Joelson | 53 | 31829_B016709 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 197 |
| Johannesson to Johnstone | 54 | 31829_B016695 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 198 |
| Joiner to Juteau | 55 | 31829_B016692 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 199 |
| Kaar to Kennard | 56 | 31829_B016705 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 200 |
| Kennedy to King-Mason | 57 | 31829_B016699 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 201 |
| Kingan to Kynaston | 58 | 31829_B016698 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 202 |
| Labarge to Larisey | 59 | 31829_B016702 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 203 |
| Lariviere to Lea | 60 | 31829_B016747 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 204 |
| Leach to Leslye | 61 | 31829_B016748 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 205 |
| Lesperance to Litster | 62 | 31829_B016749 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 206 |
| Little to Lortie | 63 | 31829_B016750 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 207 |
| Losey to Lyttle | 64 | 31829_B016751 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 208 |
| Mabee to Manning | 65 | 31829_B016752 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 209 |
| Manogue, W.J. to Maskell, P. | 66 | 31829_B016753 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 210 |
| Mason, A. to Medland, F. | 67 | 31829_B016754 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 211 |
| Medland to Millachip | 68 | 31829_B016772 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 212 |
| Millar to Mirgorod | 69 | 31829_B016771 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 213 |
| Miron to Moore | 70 | 31829_B016755 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 214 |
| Moorecroft to Moss | 71 | 31829_B016756 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 215 |
| Moss to Myson | 72 | 31829_B016757 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 216 |
| MacAdam to MacNameee | 73 | 31829_B016708 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 217 |
| MacNaughton to McCombie | 74 | 31829_B016758 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 218 |
| McCombie to McDonald | 75 | 31829_B016759 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 219 |
| McDonaugh to McIntyre | 76 | 31829_B016760 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 220 |
| McIntyre, R. to McKone, J.M.A. | 77 | 31829_B016761 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 221 |
| McLauchlan to McMiutrie | 78 | 31829_B016762 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 222 |
| McNab to McWilliams | 79 | 31829_B016763 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 223 |
| Nadeau to Nichols | 80 | 31829_B016764 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 224 |
| Nicholson to Nyrerod | 81 | 31829_B016765 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 225 |
| Noag to Oxnam | 82 | 31829_B016766 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 226 |
| Pabeff, S. to Paul, Wr. | 83 | 31829_B016767 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 227 |
| Paul, Wr. To Pfrimmer | 84 | 31829_B016768 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 228 |
| Phair to Pollard | 85 | 31829_B016710 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 229 |
| Pollard, Wh. To Quirt | 86 | 31829_B016769 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 230 |
| Raaflaub to Regan | 87 | 31829_B016707 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 231 |
| Reher to Richardson | 88 | 31829_B016706 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 232 |
| Richelieu to Rodokinsk | 89 | 31829_B016704 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 233 |
| Rodolph to Rowell | 90 | 32403_B034749 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 234 |
| Rowland to Ryrie | 91 | 31829_B016703 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 235 |
| Sabatino to Schotts | 92 | 31829_B016701 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 236 |
| Schoumik to Shelmerdine | 93 | 31829_B016700 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 237 |
| Shelter to Sims | 94 | 31829_B016770 | RG150, 1992-93/314, 238 |
Important Note: Volumes containing names beginning by Sip to Z have not survived.
How to Obtain Copies
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