§ Mr. Piratinasked the Minister of Defence the number of casualties and killed in all three services since VJ-Day to the nearest available date, indicating the different spheres in detail.
§ Mr. AlexanderThe details, excluding casualties arising from accidents or natural causes, are as follow:
ROYAL NAVY. (VJ-Day to 14th April, 1947). Area. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Home 6 2 — South East Asia 7 5 — Mediterranean 50 48 — — — — 63 52 — — — —
ARMY. (1st August, 1945, to 31st March, 1947). Killed. Missing. 15,272 1,627 These figures include those who died, in the period referred to, of wounds sustained before 1st August, 1945, missing or prisoners of war whose death was established or officially assumed after 1st August, 1945, and some who died before 1st August, 1945, but whose death was not 75W notified until later. I regret that it is impossible, without undue labour, to analyse these totals by areas or to provide a figure for wounded.
ROYAL AIR FORCE. (VJ-Day to 14th April, 1947). Area. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Home — — — South East Asia 42 37 24 Palestine 1 7 — 43 44 24