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Summary of Casualties

		Killed		Wounded		Prisoners of War
	Offrs	ORs	Offrs	ORS	Offrs	ORs
Greece 1941	—	8	1	12	3	30
Crete 1941	—	17	1	15	2	86
Libya 1941	2	22	2	45	10	27
Egypt 1942	3	47	5	117	4	82
Tripolitania and Tunisia 1942–43	3	11	3	49	—	—
Italy 1943–44	2	32	12	120	—	13
Italy 1945 †	3	32	8	118	—	—
total	13	169	32	476	19	238

The killed include men who were killed in action or who died of wounds and those presumed to have been killed in action; the prisoners of war include one officer and 27 other ranks who were wounded before capture and 15 other ranks who were killed or died of wounds or sickness while prisoners of war. One officer and 16 other ranks who died on active service are not included in the above casualties.