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THE BRITISH SHARE IN VICTORY.*
Pride of place, so far as man-power is concerned, belongs to France, though the
actual figures of the strength of her Armies are not available for comparison. Great
Britain, who between 4th August, 1914, and 11th November, 1918, passed more than 6,000,000 men through the ranks of her Armies, occupies the second place in respect of
the contingents contributed for military service. The third largest contribution was
made by the United States, who sent close on 2,000,000 men to fight in France. ……
(1.) TOTAL of British Troops. |
British Isles |
5,704,416 |
Canada |
640,886 628,964 |
Australia |
416,809 412,953 |
New Zealand |
220,099 128,525 |
South Africa |
136,070 |
India |
1,401,350 1,440,437 |
Other Colonies† |
134,837 |
Total |
8,654,467 8,586,202 |
(2.) TOTAL CASUALTIES. |
|
Approximate killed, died of wounds, died. |
Approximate missing and prisoners. |
Wounded. |
British Isles |
662,083 |
140,312 |
1,644,786 |
Canada |
56,119 |
306 |
149,733 |
Australia |
58,460 |
164 |
152,100 |
New Zealand |
16,132 |
5 |
40,749 |
South Africa |
6,928 |
33 |
11,444 |
India |
47,746 |
871 |
65,126 |
Other Coloniess |
3,649 |
366 |
3,504 |
Total |
851,117 |
142,057 |
2,067,442 |
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* As supplied to and published in The Times, 2nd January, 1920.
† Includes coloured troops recruited from South Africa, West Indies, &c.
‡ Prisoners repatriated not shown. Men now known to be killed shown under heading of "killed".
s Includes coloured troops from South Africa, &c., but excludes 44,262 African native followers, i.e. died and killed, 42,318; wounded, 1,322; missing, 622. The deaths were due mainly to epidemics. |
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