Battle Honours of the British Army / From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

by Charles Boswell Norman

The following table is of interest, as showing the total losses incurred by the army in the Crimea in the different arms:

	Cavalry.		Artillery.		Engineers.		Infantry.
	Off­icers.	Men.	Off­icers.	Men.	Off­icers.	Men.	Off­icers.	Men.
Killed in action	9	114	11	121	9	32	125	2,331
Died of wounds	4	26	1	52	6	23	73	1,832
Died of disease	23	1,007	10	1,298	5	175	105	13,414
Total	36	1,147	22	1,471	20	230	303	17,577
Wounded in action	26	237	30	632	13	86	435	10,406

From the above it will be seen that, whilst 2,769 officers and men were killed in action or died of their wounds, the losses by disease amounted to no less than 16,037! For every ten officers killed in action, six died from disease, whereas in the proportion of the men who fell the figures were reversed. For every ten who fell in action or as a result of their wounds no less than sixty died of disease.

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[CHAPTER XX]

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1857-1859

India—Delhi—Lucknow—Central India—Defence of Arrah—Behar.

INDIA, 1857-1859.