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Casualties and Medical Statistics published in 1931. [184] [185] was the final volume of the Official Medical History of the War, gives British Empire, including the Dominions, for Army losses by cause of death. Total war dead in combat theaters from 1914 to 1918 were 876,084, which included 418,361 killed, 167,172 died of wounds, 113,173 died ...
Irish civilians were all British citizens during the conflict. Third Anglo-Afghan War: 1919 1921 1,136 1,136 - reference - includes British Indian Army: Russian Civil War: 1918 1920 1,073 1,073 -Ref: World War I: 1914 1918 887,858 107,000 [8] 994,858 World War I casualties: Anglo-Aro War: 1901 1902 700-800 700-800 Boxer Rebellion: 1899 1901 33 ...
York Minster’s Five Sisters window is the only memorial in the UK dedicated to all the women of the British Empire who lost their lives in World War I. [60] [61] Ten oak screens were added to the north side of the St Nicholas Chapel. They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
As can be seen on this map, Spain was far from the main battlefields, located on the Franco-German border, northern Italy, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Spain remained neutral throughout World War I between 28 July 1914 and 11 November 1918, and despite domestic economic difficulties, [ 1 ] it was considered "one of the most important neutral ...
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...
Only the 49th Division had a large number of gas casualties, caused by soldiers in reserve lines not being warned of the gas in sufficient time to put on their anti-gas helmets. A study by British medical authorities counted 1,069 gas casualties, of whom 120 men died. After the operation, German opinion concluded that a breakthrough could not ...
The proportion of deaths by shell fire is lower than that for general British Army casualties and a disproportionate number killed by small arms fire, indicating a presence in the front lines. [11] A further 146 generals were either wounded or taken prisoner during the war. [12]