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1 wounded British sailor. Third Anglo-Burmese War: 1885 1887 First Boer War: 1880 1881 408 408 Anglo-Zulu War: 1879 1879 1,900 1,900 Second Anglo-Afghan War: 1878 1880 9,850 9,850 - Ref: Indian Rebellion of 1857: 1857 1858 11,021+ 11,021 + Source T.A.Heathcote Mutiny and Insurgency in India 1857-58, 2007 Pen & Sword military publishers Second ...
British and German wounded, Bernafay Wood, 19 July 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 0.17–0.36 million [155] [156] 2001–2021 Taliban and allies vs. United States-led coalition and the Afghan Government [f] Afghanistan Boko Haram insurgency: 0.03–0.35 million [157] 2009–present Multinational Joint Task Force vs. Boko Haram: Nigeria Franco-Dutch War: 0.34 million [158] 1672–1678
The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch (British Army), who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111. The last Central Powers veteran, Franz Künstler of Austria-Hungary, died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107. The total number of participating personnel is estimated by the Encyclopædia Britannica at 65,038,810.
11 July 1918, at the age of 34. Died in service, of the Spanish flu. [41] 39 Francis Bennett-Goldney: MP for Canterbury since December 1910. Independent Unionist Major, Royal Army Service Corps 1865 27 July 1918, at the age of 51. Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Paris; died in a car accident in Brest. [42] 40 Oswald Cawley
Under the Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act 1918 the end of the war was defined for general purposes by the British parliament as 31 August 1921. This is the same date that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission uses for its casualty records. The following generals of the British Empire died between the armistice and 31 August ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
In the confusion, British Lieutenant John Macleod, in command of two British three-pounders, was directed by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis to fire on the Americans who were in close combat with the British. Many British soldiers died as a result of friendly artillery bombardment.