Bardia to Enfidaville
I: Allied Battle Casualties, North Africa, October 1942–May 1943
I: Allied Battle Casualties, North Africa, October 1942–May 1943
This table was prepared by the Historical Section of the United Kingdom Cabinet Office from returns supplied by the War Office in September 1946. ‘Missing’ are included under ‘Prisoners’ (P). In each column officer casualties are shown by the first figure, other-rank casualties by the second figure. New Zealand casualties for the period covered by this volume are given in Section II of this appendix.
United Kingdom | Australia | New Zealand | South Africa | India | Free French | |||||||||||||
Period | K | W | P | K | W | P | K | W | P | K | W | P | K | W | P | K | W | P1 |
Oct–Nov 1942 | 224 | 588 | 67 | 54 | 138 | 6 | 32 | 89 | 2 | 22 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | – |
Alamein–Agheila | 1,864 | 6,170 | 898 | 559 | 1,870 | 138 | 329 | 1,278 | 64 | 173 | 823 | 2 | 31 | 126 | 7 | 20 | 140 | 13 |
Nov 42–Jan 43 | 30 | 119 | 10 | – | – | – | 3 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
Agheila–Buerat | 302 | 1,115 | 110 | – | – | – | 43 | 144 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 14 | – | 1 | – | – |
Jan–Feb 1943 | 26 | 69 | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Buerat–Zuara | 219 | 706 | 130 | – | – | – | 16 | 59 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Feb–Mar 1943 | 27 | 115 | 30 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Zuara–Mareth | 351 | 1,307 | 459 | – | – | – | 10 | 82 | 4 | – | 14 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 5 | 14 | 8 |
Mar–Apr 1943 | 110 | 348 | 30 | – | – | – | 16 | 50 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 29 | – | 4 | 2 | – |
Mareth-Enfidaville | 910 | 3,758 | 689 | – | – | – | 193 | 667 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 37 | 328 | 7 | 8 | 19 | – |
Apr-May 1943 | 50 | 224 | 16 | – | – | – | 13 | 52 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 14 | – |
Enfidaville–end | 465 | 2,503 | 144 | – | – | – | 127 | 627 | 51 | – | 4 | 5 | 98 | 401 | 10 | 59 | 231 | 21 |
Total Eighth Army | 4,578 | 17,022 | 2,592 | 613 | 2,008 | 144 | 785 | 3,075 | 141 | 215 | 986 | 35 | 189 | 950 | 26 | 109 | 428 | 42 |