HC Deb 27 June 1944 vol 401 cc594-5
27. Lieut.-Colonel Elliot

asked the Prime Minister the number of casualties sustained by the British and Imperial Forces in Italy since 12th February, 1944, and since 3rd September, 1943, respectively, up to the fall of Rome.

The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill)

Yes, Sir. On 16th February, in reply to a Question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for East Toxteth (Major Buchan-Hepburn), I informed the House that up to 12th February the following casualties had been sustained by the British Armies in Italy, including Dominion and Indian troops:

Killed … … 7,635
Wounded … … 23,283
Missing … … 5,708
Total … … 36,626
Between that date, and the entry into Rome these Forces sustained the following further casualties:
Killed … … 6,696
Wounded … … 24,683
Missing … … 5,117
Total … … 36,496
Our total casualties, therefore, from our landing in Italy to the fall of Rome amount, I grieve to say, to
Killed … … 14,331
Wounded … … 47,966
Missing … … 10,825
Total … … 73,122
I should explain that these figures are for Army casualties only, Navy and Air Force losses being excluded, because this is the basis on which the earlier figures were given in February, it having been found impossible to give a figure for the Other two Services exclusively relating to operations in Italy, as distinct from the other operations of the Navy in the Mediterranean, and of the Air Force over the Mediterranean, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans.