Remembrance Day search tool allows Mirror readers to delve into WW1 and WW2 records

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Millions of people across the country today remembered the hundreds of thousands who died in World Wars One and Two, and our data tool will allow people to delve deeper into their lives

Brits across the country today observed a two-minute silence in remembrance of the brave troops who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

November 11, 2026 marks 112 years since the end of World War One, when nearly one million service personnel died fighting for the UK, and 81 years since the conclusion of World War Two, when a further 384,000 lost their lives. Those twin anniversaries, and the losses sustained during more recent conflicts, were remembered in solemn silence at 11am today.

As the nation honours its fallen, the Mirror has put together a tool that will allow people to search the full records of casualties from both world wars.

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Our tool uses data generously provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which meticulously compiled the rich and detailed information over many years. The archive provides a poignant insight into the family histories of people across the country, including those of Britain's most leadingt figures.

Among the records in the database is a Private Edmund Burke, from Liverpool, who is buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery. Pte Burke’s great-grandson is now Britain’s prime minister — Andy Burnham.

Pte Burke was being held as a Prisoner of War by the German Army and died aged 34 in captivity just two weeks before the war ended on 11th November 1918. You can search using any combination of first name or initial, surname, street, town or city. There's no need to fill in all the boxes — fill as many or as few as you wish.

This database allows you to, for instance, search for people bearing your name from your city, or simply see who died where you live. However, be mindful that not all names will match a specific street, and using names will yield the most accurate results.

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