HC Deb 08 March 1920 vol 126 c927W
Sir R. NEWMAN

asked the Secretary of State for War the number of men serving during the recent War who were made prisoners by the Turks; what percentage of these men have been reported dead or missing; and how that percentage compares with the men who were made prisoners of war by other enemy countries?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The numbers of Regular and Territorial Forces, Colonials, Royal Naval Division, and Indian natives, exclusive of officers, captured by the enemy, and the percentages of deaths are as follow:—

Total number of men captured. Percentage reported dead or still unaccounted for.
Turkey:
15,720 38.4 per cent.
Germany:
168,718 8.4 per cent.
Austria:
250 5.2 per cent.
Bulgaria:
1,238 10.01 per cent.