This article describes the construction and content of the Morts pour la France database. This database contains individual-level data on the universe of the 1.3 million French fatalities of the Great War who were officially recognized as war victims. It provides information on each soldier’s first and last names, dates of birth and death, circumstances of death, recruitment status, military rank and unit, and locations of birth and recruitment. We further provide datasets of military death rates at the level of 87 départements and 35 thousand municipalities along with relevant shapefiles and discuss potential applications of this database.

本文介绍了Morts pour la France数据库的构建和内容。该数据库包含关于第一次世界大战中 130 万法国人死亡的个人数据，这些人被官方认定为战争受害者。它提供了每个士兵的名字和姓氏、出生日期和死亡日期、死亡情况、入伍状况、军衔和部队以及出生和入伍地点的信息。我们进一步提供了 87 个省和 35000 个城市的军人死亡率数据集以及相关的 shapefile，并讨论了该数据库的潜在应用。