Over 200 allied generals were killed on the front line during WW1.

I shudder to think how many officers of lower ranks.

This lie that the so-called upper-class were immune to the horrors of WW1 has gone too far.

Of the 78 Generals who were killed in action, died of wounds or died as a result of active service:

34 Generals were killed by shellfire = 43%

22 Generals were killed by small arms fire = 28% (of which at least 12 were killed by snipers)

3 Generals were drowned - 1 accidently, 1 inadvertently poisoned himself, 1 died from cholera,

1 died as a result of a flying accident and 1 died from accidental injuries.

Of the remaining 15, no direct cause of death is known - t

Time for a song,