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  Posted by stalteriisok (U3212540) on Friday, 28th November 2008

  can anyone give me the figures or a site detailing the british military casualties since ??
  
  probably a good start point could be waterloo
  
  (or earlier)
  
  i have searched but no good figures/sites
  
  st

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  Posted by lindavid (U10745308) on Friday, 28th November 2008

  you should obtain a copy of the book
  British Battles and Medals by Major LL Gordon
  
  this gives many battles, number of troops taking part, ammo used etc any casualties both combat and and non combat.
  
  

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  Posted by stalteriisok (U3212540) on Saturday, 29th November 2008

  lindavid
  thanx
  i will request it from the library
  
  do u mean it actually gives the amount of ammunition used ?? -
  
  now that would be interesting - how many bullets fired for king and country!!
  
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  Posted by Triceratops (U3420301) on Sunday, 30th November 2008

  ST,
  
  This site gives the British casualty figures for the First Wold War, if it's any help;
  
  
  
  
  Trike

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  Posted by stalteriisok (U3212540) on Friday, 5th December 2008

  hi trike
  many thanks
  i can get ww1 w2 korean war falklands war figures etc
  
  i am after the total figures for the brush wars, the little conflicts, xulu war askari conflicts nepal india afghanistan - all figures where tommy atkins died for the flag
  
  would be very interesting!!
  
  st

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  Posted by Triceratops (U3420301) on Friday, 12th December 2008

  ST,
  
  I haven't been able to find a site with these figures.
  
  
  I did get the figures for the Second Boer War;
  
  
  and this is a list of British battles,mostly 18th/19th century,with casualty figures included
  
  
  Trike

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  Posted by stalteriisok (U3212540) on Thursday, 18th December 2008

  hi triceratops
  re british battles - good find - i havent come off it yet !!
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  Posted by Nik (U1777139) on Sunday, 21st December 2008

  Generally the British army was very effective clearly seen by the number of times it beat the enemy and the times it lost. Also one has to include the fact that while British diplomacy prefered to play the one against the other before engaging their enemies (i.e. putting other people do the dirty job), when the British army engaged it did it for good - in fact they did it very good unlike for example Americans who were always at best average despite all the advantages they had. One would much rather have Americans as enemies than the British!!! Unlike Romans who did it almost only due to their proficient politics & diplomacy, British maintained their Empire and did what they did ALSO because of their excellent army that was continuously a cut above the rest for the last 3 centuries.
  
  The overall casualty number may rise to millions - still a lot less than the overall one of opponents.

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  Posted by petaluma (U10056951) on Tuesday, 23rd December 2008

  Britain a modern industrial country with an army equipped with the latest weapons could score with advantage over natives with primitive weapons. Sure caught a cold up against the Boer Farmers, (not to forget the over 42,000 women and children of the Boer farmers who died in British Concentration Camps during that war) (fight Farmers not unarmed women and children) so much for a well disciplined army, the Head is mightier then the Sword. See of the British screw ups and outright lies during WW2 caused many well trained Americans their lives. In the American army WW2 in Europe 1/3 of the soldiers were of German blood many speaking German the highest percentage of any ethnic group. Yes with British food it would be preferable to fight against the Americans especially if no option and had to surrender.
  As regards the British army being a cut above the rest it was only in latter years that they ever went up against a modern army and they sure did not fare well then, playing their cards allied with others saved their skins. Did the casualty number also include enemy native women and children? Also the Falklands was not a totally 100% British effort, they did get help, wonder if that gets included in the final report. At a young age was taught to recognize propaganda came in very useful in life.

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