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It looks like the Eton figures for WW1 are 1157 died, out of 5660 who served in the war; just over 20%. That's a lot higher than the overall British death rate
by jfk13 4y ago
It looks like the Eton figures for WW1 are 1157 died, out of 5660 who served in the war; just over 20%.
That's a lot higher than the overall British death rate of 12.5% of those who served (from https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/olympic-britain/crime-and-defence/the-fallen/ https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/oly...).