gwalchmai Posted 6 October , 2018 Share Posted 6 October , 2018 I know there is plenty of info on wounded etc. by the end of the war. But I am trying to find out how many casualties had been treated by the British medical services by the end of 1916. Any dieas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 6 October , 2018 Share Posted 6 October , 2018 In here somewhere? https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/statistics-of-military-effort-of-british-empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 6 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2018 Probably but was hoping someone had info to hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 6 October , 2018 Share Posted 6 October , 2018 2 hours ago, gwalchmai said: British medical services Army only? Military only? Military and Civilian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 7 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2018 Military only. Im doing a reenactment based at the end of 1916 so would like to get figures roughly right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 8 October , 2018 Share Posted 8 October , 2018 A lot is the simple reply. Statistics book mentioned above. On Archive.com you need from page 236 for casualty stats and page 250 to add the numbers all up. All the data you require is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil andrade Posted 8 October , 2018 Share Posted 8 October , 2018 (edited) On 07/10/2018 at 16:28, gwalchmai said: Military only. Im doing a reenactment based at the end of 1916 so would like to get figures roughly right With a bit of rough and ready mental arithmetic , I reckon that, from France and Flanders alone, about three quarters of a million British Empire troops had survived their wounds by the end of 1916 ; another fifty five thousand had been mortally wounded. Two hundred and twenty thousand had been killed outright. Then there were Gallipoli, Mesopotamia , Salonica etc....these must have yielded about one hundred thousand surviving wounded, along with commensurately large numbers of killed or died from wounds. So, you won’t be far off the mark if you think in terms of well over 800,000 wounded - including slight cases - surviving by the end of 1916, with another 65,000/70,000 died from wounds. At least 250,000/270,000 killed in action by that time, I would think. I’ve browsed through the Medical History to find these figures, but haven’t been precise. Hope that helps. Editing here : these are strictly battle casualties, excluding disease and accidental injury. Phil Edited 8 October , 2018 by phil andrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 9 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 October , 2018 Brilliant stuff Phil. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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