21 Battalion
Summary of Casualties
Summary of Casualties
killed | wounded | prisoners of war | ||||
Offrs | ORs | Offrs | ORs | Offrs | ORs | |
Greece | 1 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 225 |
Crete | 4 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 79 |
Libya 1941 | 3 | 80 | 11 | 115 | 10 | 157 |
Egypt 1942 | 7 | 104 | 21 | 256 | - | 40 |
Tripolitania and Tunisia | 6 | 52 | 12 | 178 | 1 | 24 |
Italy | 12 | 134 | 33 | 487 | 1 | 26 |
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total | 33 | 411 | 83 | 1089 | 23 | 551 |
The killed include men who were killed in action or who died of wounds and those presumed to have been killed in action or to have died of wounds; the prisoners of war include 5 officers and 64 other ranks who were wounded before capture and 35 other ranks who were killed or who died of wounds or sickness while prisoners of war. One officer and 25 other ranks who died on active service are not included in the above casualties.