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Show 1 BRITISH LOSSES" ! TOTAL J3,048,991 ! Men Killed in Campaigns on All Fronts Reaches j 653,665. i t . j j Officers Dead, Wounded and Missing, 142,634; Men, 2,907,357. LO.VDON, Nov. 19. British casualties during the war, including all the theaters of activities, totalled 3,010,991, It was announced an-nounced in the house of commons today by James Ian MacPherson, parliamentary parliamen-tary secretary for the war office. Of this number the officers killed, wounded or missing aggregated 14J.634 and the men 2,907,357. The total losses in the fishtins on the Franco-Belgian front were 2,71 9. G42. The total of British losses in killed on al fronts during the war was i'n,S,Gtir. Of these, 37.S36 were officers and (i 20, SHI) were men. Dardanelles Losses. The tola! British wounded in the war was more than two million, Hie parliamentary parlia-mentary secretary's figures showing (he aggregate to be 2.0o2,122. The losses in missing including prisoners totalled 3M, 1 45. The Dardanelles expedition cost the British I IP. 729 casualties.' Of litis number num-ber 17S5 officers were killed or ted and 31,7.17 others. The wounded were 3010 officers and 75,:ViR others. The missing, including prisoners, were 2'5S officers and 7431 others. n the Saloniki front the losses were 27.31 S. Of these the killed were 2Sf officers and 7330 ot hers; the wounded, SI 8 officers and 16.05S others; the missing, miss-ing, 114 officers and 2713 others. In Mesopotamia. The total British losses In the Mesopotamia!! campaigns were 97, 5 7!', according ac-cording in Mr. MacPhei'son's figures. Of these fatalities were 31,100 comprising 1340 officers and 2n.7tW men. The wounded totalled .M.115, comprising 2429 officers and -iK.Hii men. The missing miss-ing and prisoners totalled Ki, :!.", comprising compris-ing officers and 14.7S9 men. Of the wounded 92,044 were officers and 1.9.10,47s were men. Of the missing, including prisoners, 12,-0!M 12,-0!M were officers and 347.051 were men. The figures given include troops from India and the dominions. In Kgypt the lnt;il losses were 5 Those killed or who died nf wounds were 15,892, comprising JOOS officers and 14,704 men. The wounded totalled 3S.073. comprising com-prising 2311 officers and 35,762 men. The missing and prisoners totalled 3SSS, comprising com-prising 183 officers and 3705 men. Casualties in France. ! The total casualties in France were 2.719.0.V2. Of this total 32,709 officers were killed and died of wounds or other causes and ii2ti,S-13 men. The wounded totalled 1.S33,3-15, comprising 83,142 officers offi-cers aird 1,750,203 men. The missing, including in-cluding prisoners, totalled 326.ti95, comprising com-prising 10, MB officers and 315,849 men. In Italy the British losses totalled 6738. Of these 86 officers and 941 men were killed; 334 officers and 4612 men were wounded. Of the 7t!5 missing, 3S were officers, 727 men. In the Kast A frican ca in pa ign the total casualties wore 17.S25. Of this total 9ini were killed or died, comprising ,180 officers offi-cers and 8724 men. A total of 7754 were wounded, comprising 487 officers and 7276 men. The missing and prisoners totalled 959, comprising 38 officers and 929 men. |