United Kingdom casualties of war

United Kingdom casualties of war lists deaths of British armed forces and British citizens caused by conflicts in which the United Kingdom was involved.

## Post World War II

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Conflict  | Start  | End  | Military Dead  | Civilian Dead  | Total Dead  | Note

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Iraq War (Operation Telic)  | 2003  | 2009  | 179  | 43  | 222  | Casualties of the Iraq War[1]
Afghanistan (Operation Herrick)  | 2001  | 2014  | 457  | 101  | 546  | British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since 2001[2][3]
Sierra Leone Civil War | 2000  | 2000  | 1  |  | 1  |
Balkans - Bosnia/Kosovo | 1992  | 2009  | 72  |  | 72  | Ref
Gulf War 1990–1991 (Operation Granby)  | 1990  | 1991  | 47  |  | 47  |
Falklands War (Operation Corporate)  | 1982  | 1982  | 255  | 3  | 258  |
Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)  | 1969  | 1998  | 763  | 1854  | 2617  |
Aden Emergency | 1963  | 1967  | 90  |  | 90  | Ref
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation | 1962  | 1966  | 16  |  | 16  |
Dhofar Rebellion | 1962  | 1975  | 24  |  | 24  |
Suez Crisis (Operation Musketeer)  | 1956  | 1956  | 23  |  | 23  | Ref
Cyprus Emergency | 1955  | 1959  | 371  | 16  | 387  | Casualties in counter-insurgency operation against Greek Cypriot EOKA militant organisation
Kenya (Mau Mau Rebellion)  | 1952  | 1960  | 63[4] | N/A  | N/A  |
Korean War | 1950  | 1953  | 1109  |  | 1109  | Ref
Operation Valuable, including the 1946 Corfu Channel Incident | 1949  | 1954  | 300 (including Americans)  | none  | Over 300–400
Yangtse River Incident | 1949  | 1949  | 46  |  | 46  | [5]
Malayan Emergency | 1948  | 1960  | 519  |  | 519  |
Operation Masterdom | 1945  | 1946  | 40  |  | 40  |
Indonesian National Revolution | 1945  | 1949  | 1200  | Unknown  | 1200  |
Palestine Emergency | 1944  | 1948  |  |  | 784  | [6]

## 1900 to 1945

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Conflict  | Start  | End  | Military Dead  | Civilian Dead  | Total Dead  | Note

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World War II | 1939  | 1945  | 383,700  | 67,100  | 450,900  | World War II deaths; includes deaths from the Crown Colonies
Arab revolt in Palestine | 1936  | 1939  | 262  |  | 262  |
Iraqi revolt against the British | 1920  | 1920  | 1,000  |  | 5,000  | Tauber, E., The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, pp. 312-314
Anglo-Irish War | 1919  | 1921  | 776[7] | 898[7] | 1,674  | Military includes Royal Irish Constabulary. Irish civilians were all British citizens during the conflict.
Third Anglo-Afghan War | 1919  | 1921  | 1,136  |  | 1,136  | \- reference \- includes British Indian Army
Russian Civil War | 1918  | 1920  | 1,073  |  | 1,073  | -Ref
World War I | 1914  | 1918  | 887,858  | 107,000[8] | 994,858  | World War I casualties
Anglo-Aro War | 1901  | 1902  | 700-800  |  | 700-800
Boxer Rebellion | 1899  | 1901  | 33  | 30+  | 33  | 30+
Second Boer War | 1899  | 1902  | 27,000  |  | 27,000  |

## 1815 to 1898

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Conflict  | Start  | End  | Military Dead  | Civilian Dead  | Total Dead  | Note

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Second Sudan War | 1898  | 1898  | 700  |  | 700  |
Anglo-Zanzibar War | 1896  | 1896  | 0  |  | 0  | 1 wounded British sailor.
Third Anglo-Burmese War | 1885  | 1887  |  |  |  |
First Boer War | 1880  | 1881  | 408  |  | 408  |
Anglo-Zulu War | 1879  | 1879  | 1,900  |  | 1,900  |
Second Anglo-Afghan War | 1878  | 1880  | 9,850  |  | 9,850  | \- Ref
Indian Rebellion of 1857 | 1857  | 1858  | 11,021+  |  | 11,021 +  | Source T.A.Heathcote Mutiny and Insurgency in India 1857-58, 2007 Pen & Sword military publishers
Second Opium War | 1856  | 1860  | 134  |  | 134  |
Anglo-Persian War | 1856  | 1857  | 1,535+  |  | 1,535+[9] |
Crimean War | 1854  | 1856  | 22,182  |  | 22,182  | \- Ref
Second Anglo-Burmese War | 1852  | 1853  |  |  |  |
Second Anglo-Sikh War | 1848  | 1849  | 2,687  |  | 2,687  |
New Zealand Wars | 1845  | 1872  | 560[10] |  |  |
First Anglo-Sikh War | 1845  | 1846  | 1,989  |  | 1,989  |
First Opium War | 1839  | 1842  | 69[11] |  | 69+  |
First Anglo-Afghan War | 1839  | 1842  | 5,062  |  | 5,062  |
Lower Canada Rebellion | 1837  | 1838  | 32  |  | 32  |
Upper Canada Rebellion | 1837  | 1838  |  |  |  |
First Anglo-Burmese War | 1824  | 1826  | 15,000  |  | 15,000  |
Third Anglo-Maratha War | 1817  | 1818  |  |  |  |

## See also

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* List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll

## References

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1. ^ "Op Telic casualty and fatality tables". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
2. ^ "Op Herrick casualty and fatality tables: 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK". mod.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
3. ^ iCasualties: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Casualties Archived December 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Ciment, James (2015), Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II, p. 198
5. ^ "H.M.S. Amethyst". Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
6. ^ "Last to leave?". Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
7. ^ a b Eunan O'Halpin the Dead of The Irish Revolution
8. ^ Hersch, L., La mortalité causée par la guerre mondiale, Metron- The International Review of Statistics, 1927, Vol 7. pp. 47–61
9. ^ Anglo-Persian War
10. ^ "List of Engagements and Casualties (1864-1872) NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
11. ^ First Opium War

## External links

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* \- page from The Armed Forces Memorial Project
* \- page from Sovereignty.org.uk
* \- Lists of UK Security Force Casualties
* \- Lists of Officers died - Canada 1750-1761 through to 2009
* \- Lists of NCOs and other ranks died - New Zealand 1845-47 onwards