The total casualties suffered by the British, Colonial and South African
forces during the Boer War were 97,477. These are shown in this table:
| |
Officers |
NC0s and men |
| Killed in action |
518 |
5,256 |
| Died of wounds |
183 |
1,835 |
| Deaths from disease |
339 |
12,911 |
| Accidental deaths |
27 |
771 |
| Prisoners who died in captivity |
5 |
97 |
| |
1,072 |
20,870 |
| |
|
|
| Invalided - due to wounds |
3,116 |
8,221 |
| Invalided - due to sickness |
63,644 |
| Invalided - reason unknown |
|
449 |
| Missing and prisoners |
|
105 |
| |
4,188 |
93,289 |
| Source: The Times History of the War in South
Africa (Volume 7, page 25) |
Details of officer casualties are available
here.
Casualties by battle are available here.
Casualties by regiment are available here.
Casualties for nurses are available here.
Casualties for war correspondents are available
here.
Other British and Colonial casualties are listed below:
Staff
Casualties (officers): 11 KIA, 5 DOD, 30 wounded,
1
missing/prisoner
Other units of regular forces
Casualties (officers): 13 KIA, 66 DOD, 44 wounded, 7
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 20 KIA, 651 DOD, 48 wounded, 97
missing/prisoner
Imperial Yeomanry
Casualties (officers): 67 KIA, 25 DOD, 131 wounded, 50
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 470 KIA, 839 DOD, 1,236 wounded, 953
missing/prisoner
Militia
Casualties (officers): 15 KIA, 38 DOD, 34 wounded, 27
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 160 KIA, 1,056 DOD, 368 wounded, 705
missing/prisoner
City Imperial Volunteers
Casualties (officers): 1 KIA, 0 DOD, 1 wounded, 0
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 10 KIA, 51 DOD, 58 wounded, 12
missing/prisoner
Volunteers
Casualties (officers): 2 KIA, 11 DOD, 12 wounded, 1
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 29 KIA, 527 DOD, 117 wounded, 56
missing/prisoner
Civil surgeons, civilians etc
Casualties (officers): 5 KIA, 23 DOD, 23 wounded, 4
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 14 KIA, 176 DOD, 55 wounded, 16
missing/prisoner
Australian contingents
Casualties (officers): 29 KIA, 9 DOD, 77 wounded, 5
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 222 KIA, 258 DOD, 658 wounded, 142
missing/prisoner
Canadian contingents
Casualties (officers): 7 KIA, 3 DOD, 23 wounded, 1
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 87 KIA, 76 DOD, 255 wounded, 55
missing/prisoner
New Zealand contingents
Casualties (officers): 7 KIA, 4 DOD, 26 wounded, 2
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 78 KIA, 87 DOD, 176 wounded, 41
missing/prisoner
South African corps
Casualties (officers): 119 KIA, 69 DOD, 328 wounded, 67
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 1,354 KIA, 1,538 DOD, 3,005 wounded, 1,707
missing/prisoner
Other contingents
Casualties (officers): 2 KIA, 0 DOD, 0 wounded,
1
missing/prisoner
Casualties (men): 6 KIA, 5 DOD, 14 wounded, 8
missing/prisoner
The Boer casualties were:
| |
|
|
| Transvaal |
|
|
| Killed up to 31 Dec 01 |
|
1,540 |
| Died of disease etc |
|
700 |
| Casualties since 1 Jan 02 |
|
2,400 |
| Orange Free State |
|
|
| Killed up to 31 Dec 01 |
|
1,100 |
| Died of disease etc |
|
450 |
| Casualties since 1 Jan 02 |
|
1,500 |
| Rebels (ie from Cape Colony and Natal) |
|
|
| Killed and dies of disease |
|
700 |
| Casualties including prisoners
since 1 Jan 02 |
|
403 |
| Foreign nationals |
|
|
| Killed and dies of disease |
|
300 |
| |
|
9,093 |
Source:
Director-General of Military Intelligence, Pretoria and
supplied to the Royal Commission by the War Office (19 July 1902)
