LCC index
CHAPTER XVII
Summary,
The numbers of the Council's staff who served in the Great War were as follows :
See the War Service listing for 1000s
of individuals listed slightly further down the page.
Department | Enlisted | Lost their lives. |
Clerk of the Council | 101 | 12 |
Comptroller of the Council A-G ; H-P ; Q & Temporary | 290 | 36 |
Chief Engineer : Central ; Bridges etc ; Pumping etc | 284 | 25 |
Architect A-C; D-J ; K-R; S-W | 437 | 40 |
Solicitor | 70 | 10 |
London Fire Brigade | 345 | 27 |
Public Health | 136 | 12 |
Estates and Valuation | 87 | 9 |
Public Control | 94 | 7 |
Parks | 424 | 61 |
Tramways | 3507 | 334 |
Housing | 100 | 9 |
Education Officer: Central Administrative Staff | 377 | 39 |
Education Officer: Industrial and Special Schools | 40 | 6 |
Education Officer: Secondary Schools and Training Colleges | 28 | 7 |
Education Officer: Technical Institutes and Schools of Art | 37 | 4 |
Education Officer: School Attendance Officers | 117 | 6 |
Education Officer: Botany Scheme | 5 | 3 |
Education Officer: Stocktakers, etc | 8 | 0 |
Education Officer: Schoolkeepers | 235 | 23 |
Education Officer: Teachers | 2353 | 273 |
Stores | 138 | 24 |
Parliamentary | 4 | 2 |
Asylums and Mental Deficiency | 943 | 97 |
Asylums Engineer | 4 | 0 |
TOTAL | 10,164 | 1065 |
Department of the Clerk of the Council ,
Department of the Comptroller of the Council A - G,
Department of the Comptroller of the Council H - P,
Department of the Comptroller of the Council Q - & Temporary Staff
Chief Engineer's Department - Central Offices
Chief Engineer's Department - Bridges and Embankments, Tunnels, & Sewerage & Drainage
Chief Engineer's Department - Pumping Stations & Outfall workers & Sludge Vessels
Chief Engineer's Department - Architect's Department (A - C)
Chief Engineer's Department - Architect's Department (D - J)
Chief Engineer's Department - Architect's Department (K - R)
Chief Engineer's Department - Architect's Department (S - W)
London Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service - Administrative Staff & Workshops Staff
London Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service - Uniformed Staff (A - F)
London Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service - Uniformed Staff (G - O)
London Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service - Uniformed Staff (P - Y)
Public Health Department : Estates and Valuation Department : Public Control Department
Parks DEPARTMENT (A -C) ; Parks DEPARTMENT (D - H)
Parks DEPARTMENT (I - P) ; Parks DEPARTMENT (R - Y)
Tramways Department A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 D1 D2 E F G1 G2 H1 H2 H3 IJ K L M1 M2 M3 NO P1 P2 P3 QR S1 S2 S3 T1 T2 UV W1 W2 W3 Y
Education Officer's Department - Central
Administrative Staff (A- D) Central Administrative Staff
(E - J) Central Administrative Staff
(K - R) Central Administrative Staff
(S - Y)
Industrial and Special Schools ;
Secondary Schools and Training Colleges ;
Technical Institute and Schools of Art
School Attendance Officers & Botany Scheme & Stocktakers
Schoolkeepers A - H & Schoolkeepers I - W
Teaching Staff A B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 D E F G H1 H2 IJ K L M1 M2 NO P P2 QR S1 S2 T UVW (and Y & Z)
Stores Department & Parliamentary Department ;
Asylums and mental deficiency Department.
Central Administrative Staff & Pathological Laboratory & Banstead Mental Hospital ; Bexley Mental Hospital ; Cane Hill Mental Hospital ;
Claybury Mental Hospital ; Colney Hatch Mental Hospital ; Hanwell Mental Hospital ; Horton Mental Hospital ; Long Grove Mental Hospital ;
The Manor Mental Hospital & Ewell Colony & Asylums Engineer's Department
Strength of Regular Army, Reserve and Territorials on 4th August, 1914 | 733,514 |
England recruited during the war | 4,006,158 |
Scotland | 557,618 |
Wales | 272,924 |
Ireland | 134,202 |
Dominions: Canada | 628,964 |
Dominions: Australia | 416,809 |
Dominions: New Zealand | 220,099 |
Dominions: Africa | 136,070 |
Dominions: Newfoundland, etc | 23,922 |
Coloured troops: India (i.e. pre- war 239,561 and during war 1,161,789) | 1,401,350 |
Coloured troops: S. Africa | 92,837 |
Coloured troops: West Indies | 10,000 |
Coloured troops: Other Colonies | 20,000 |
TOTAL | 8,654,467 |
Country | Killed, including missing unless separately stated | Missing, presumed dead | Wounded | TOTAL |
Allies | ||||
Russia | 1,700,000 | ? | 3,500,000 | 5,200,000 |
France | 1.358,872 | 361,654 | 2,750,000 | 4,470,526 |
British Empire | 765,483 | 108,346 | 2,090,989 | 2,964,818 |
Italy | 507,169 | ? | 1,000,000 | 1,507,169 |
Roumania | 300,000 | ? | 300,000 | 600,000 |
Serbia | 300,000 | ? | 300,000 | 600,000 |
Belguim | 102,382 | ? | 200,000 | 302,382 |
United States | 53,160 | 1,160 | 179,625 | 233,945 |
Portugal | 8,367 | ? | 16,000 | 24,367 |
TOTAL | 5,095,433 | 471,160 | 10,336,614 | 15,903,207 |
Central Powers | ||||
Germany | 1,600,000 | 103,000 | 4,064,000 | 5,767,000 |
Austria | 800,000 | ? | 3,200,000 | 4,000,000 |
Turkey | 250,000 | ? | 500,000 | 750,000 |
Bulgaria | 100,000 | ? | 200,000 | 300,000 |
TOTAL | 2,750,000 | 103,000 | 7,964,000 | 10,817,000 |
GRAND TOTAL | 7,845,433 | 574,160 | 18,300,614 | 26,720,207 |