Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-20
BRITISH LOSSES
FROM WAR OVER
THREE MILLIONS
Of This Number More Than
Six Hundred Tho ouSand
Were Killed in Action; Sew
en- Thousand Officers,

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEasEo wIprI
London NOV l9.-British casualties
during the war including all the thea
ters of activities, totalled 3,049,99G, it
was announced in the house of com
mons today by James Ian MacPher-
son, parliamentary secretary for the
war office, The officers killed, wound
ed or missing, aggregated 1864, and
the men 2,9O7S57. The total loss in
the fighting on the Franco Belgian
front were 2,7l9,G42.
The total of British losses in killed
on all fronts was 65S,665. OF these,
1886 were officers and 62O,s29 were
men.
The total British wounded in the
war was more than 1000 900, 900. the
parliamentary secretarys figures
showing the aggregate to be 2,032, 1872
The losses in missing including pris-
oners, totalled 360,145.
of the wounded, 92,644 were Off
GERS and 1,939,i7S were men.
OF The missing, including prisoners,
1904 werC officers and 347,051 were
men.
frcm India and the dominions.
In Egypt the total losses were ST.
S53, Those killed or who died Of
wounds were 1892 comprising 1898
officers and 14,794 mon The wound
ed totalled 3S,073, comprising 2,311
officers and 35,762 men. The missing
and prisoners totalled 3,SSS compris-
ing 1873 Officers and S,705 men.
I
The total casualties in France were
2,7l9,652. OF this total 32,769 officers
were killed and died of wounds or 9TH
er causes, and 526,S43 men. The
wounded totalled 1,S33,345, compris-
ing S3,142 officers and 1,750.203 men.
The missing, including prisoners, to-
tailed 326,695, comprising 10,846 Off
GERS and 315,S49 men.
In Italy the British losses totalled
673S. OF these S6 officers and g41
men were killed. 334 officers and
4.6l2 men men were wounded. OF
these 756 were missing, 38 were Off
GERS, and 727 men.
In the East African campaign the
total casualties We're 17,825. or this
total 9.f04 were killed or died, COM
prising $50 officers and S,724 men.
A total of 7,754 were wounded. COM
prising 74S officers and 1876 men.
The missing and prisoners totalled
929, comprising SO officers and 92l
men.
In other theaters the total casual
ties were 3.297. OF this number 1873
officers and 800 men were killed; 142
officers and 1873 men were wounded
and s. officers snd 90S men were
missing.
Dead at Home.
In addition 10 the grand total of
deaths there were $4,000 deaths from
various causes among troops not
forming any part of the eXpeditionary
force.
The total British losses in the Me-
sopotamian campaigns We're 97579
according to Mr.. MacPhersons fig
ures. OF these, the fatalities were
31,109, comprising 1870 officers and
29,769 men. The wounded totalled
51,115, comprising 2,429 officers and
1856 men. The missing and prison
ers totalled 1886. comprising $50 Of
ficers and 1879 men.
The Dardanelles expedition cost the
British 119.729 casualties. OF this
number 1,TS5 officers were killed or
died and 31,737 others The wounded
were S,l01 officers and 75,50S others
The missing, including prisoners, were
25s officers and 7,431 others.
On the Saloniki front the losses
were 27.s1S. OF these the killed wee
2s5 officers and 1880 others; the
wounded. SIS officers and is. 05S oti-
ers; the missing LII officers and 2,7lS
others.