HC Deb 15 December 1967 vol 756 c241W
Mr. Concannon

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many British Service men have been killed or died in the Middle East since 1946.

Mr. Boyden

Between 1946 and the end of 1966 over 3,000 officers and men of the Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force died or were killed in the Middle East Command. The boundaries of this Command varied over the years.