Casualty Database

The tables below represented the recorded casualties of the Regiment from September 1939 to December 1945. The numbers may change as I do more research, but they shouldn’t change by much. What I have not presented in the tables is a summary of soldiers killed in action. The number for the other ranks is 424 killed or 24.48%. The number of officers killed in action is actually 29, again, 25%. The high percentage is the result of the Battalion essentially being wiped out twice; the July 25, 1944 attack at Verrieres Ridge (305, including 111 killed); and, October 13, 1944, the infamous Black Friday, (145, including 56 killed).

Casualties – Other Ranks

#

%

1. KIA

349

20.2%

2. Died of Wounds

66

3.8%

3. Wounded

1047

60.5%

4. Missing

0

0.0%

7. Died

12

0.7%

8. Died of Wounds – POW

4

0.2%

9. Died while Prisoner of War

6

0.3%

10. Presumed Killed

4

0.2%

13. Suicide

2

0.1%

18. Wounded b/c Inury

18

1.0%

19. Died of Wounds B.C. Injury

1

0.1%

23. Presumed Died of Wounds

1

0.1%

24. Released POW

193

11.1%

25. Released POW Wounded

29

1.7%

1732

100%

Casualties – Officers

#

%

1. KIA

18

16%

2. Died of Wounds

9

8%

3. Wounded

73

63%

4. Missing

3

3%

7. Died

2

2%

8. Died of Wounds – POW

1

1%

10. Presumed Killed

1

1%

18. Wounded b/c Inury

2

2%

24. Released POW

6

5%

25. Released POW Wounded

1

1%

116

100%