British Army Losses by Front

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(4/8/14 - 30/11/19)
	U.K.¹	Colonial	Indian	Total	%²
Killed and died of wounds
France	472,699	112,775	3,492	588,966	90.8
Italy	1,304	-	-	1,304	62.4
Dardanelles	17,906	10,265	1,290	29,461	87.9
Salonika	4,350	32	2	4,384	44.6
Mesopotamia	7,444	-	7,820	15,264	39.3
Egypt	8,960	1,404	1,526	11,890	58.9
East Africa	441	745	3,170	4,356	39.6
North Russia	189	7	-	196	60.3

Total	513,293	125,228	17,300	655,821	85.8

Died of sickness and other causes
France	45,770	10,461	3,179	59,410	9.2
Italy	786	-	-	786	37.6
Dardanelles	3,349	644	68	4,061	12.1
Salonika	5,367	1	71	5,439	55.4
Mesopotamia	8,184	13	15,381	23,578	60.7
Egypt	7,077	796	428	8,301	41.1
East Africa	2,788	1,682	2,177	6,647	60.4
North Russia	128	1	-	129	39.7

Total	71,449	13,598	23,304	108,351	14.2

Total dead
France	518,469	123,236	6,671	648,376	84.8
Italy	2,090	-	-	2,090	0.3
Dardanelles	21,255	10,909	1,358	33,522	4.4
Salonika	9,717	33	73	9,823	1.3
Mesopotamia	15,628	13	23,201	38,842	5.1
Egypt	16,037	2,200	1,954	20,191	2.6
East Africa	1,229	2,427	7,347	11,003	1.4
North Russia	317	8	-	325	0.0

TOTAL	584,742	138,826	40,604	764,172	100.0
%	76.5	18.2	5.3	100.0

Notes:

(1) U.K. includes Regular and Territorial armies as well as the Royal Naval Division which had total deaths of 5,905 (5,578 killed and died of wounds) in France and 2,489 (2,251 killed and died of wounds) in the Dardanelles.

(2) Percentages for killed and died of wounds, and died of sickness and other causes is relative to total deaths in that theater. Percentages for total dead is relative to grand total of all nationalities in all fronts.

Source: Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War 1914-1920.

Last modified: 10 December 2022