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Show BRITISH OFFICERS KILLED JNACTION (Corresondonce of tho Associated Press). London. Sept. 29. No less than 1-144 1-144 officers of the British army have been killed, wounded or counted nmong the missing In the fighting to date This Is shown by the UstB or casualties among officers, already public and tabulated according to the regiments of other commands, bringing bring-ing the compilation up to September 28. The tabulation shows the losses divided as follows: Killed, 236, wounded, 586; missing, 322; total, 1141 The heaviest loss In officers shown in the list Is that of the Royal Field artillery, of whom 16 are given as killed. 49 wounded and eight mlssinp, a total of 73. The Royal Army Medical Med-ical corps' casualties also have been heavy, totalling 60. of whom 43 are listed as missing The Coldstream guards have total casualties of 46. nine officers having been killed and 35 wounded, while two are missing. Of individuals listed among the killed the most notable Is Brigadier General . N D. Finlay of the Royal artillery. The names of four colonels colo-nels are included. R. C. Bond of the king's own Yorkshire light infantry-; G. K. Ansell of the Fifth Dragoon guards; Sir E. R. Bradford Bart ot the Seaforth Highlanders, and F B. R. Bolleau of the Royal engineer, who was chief staff officer of the Third dhislon. Lieutenant colonels listed as killed are C. A. H. Hrett, Suffolk regiment, A. M Dykes, Royal Lan caster regiment; G C Knight, Royal North Lancashire. K. H. Montressor. Royal Sussex. Warren, West Surreys; Sur-reys; J. G. Hogg, Fourth Hussars, Grant Duff. Black Watch; C. Dalton. Royal Army Medical corps. The British army, It seems sure will come out of the present war largely, if not completely, demoralized Traditionally, the officers have come from the upper class and the ranks from the lower Thl6 was thought to be necessary for discipline, as the rankers were believed to have small social station. But war conditions have made it necessary' tbet competent compe-tent men be advanced on purely military mili-tary merits. The situation is partic ularly serious at the front, where, as the lists Indicate, the loss of officers has been terrific. |