Written question asked by John MacDougall (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

British Troop Deaths (Iraq)

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops have been (a) killed and (b) injured in the war with Iraq.

Answer: [holding answer 5 December 2005]: As at 5 December 2005, a total of 98 British Service personnel have died while serving on Operation TELIC since the start of the campaign in March 2003.Of these, 75 are known to have been killed as a result of hostile action, and 23 are either known to have died as a result of illness, accident or from other non-combat injuries, or have not yet been officially assigned a cause of death pending the outcomes of ongoing coroners investigations into the circumstances pertaining to these deaths.The total number of UK personnel admitted to Shaibah Field hospital and classified as wounded in action (WIA) is 189. A larger number have, however, sustained non battle injuries or succumbed to illness whilst serving in Iraq.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 440 c1874-5W;440 c1874-5W; 34122
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Death Casualties Injuries Iraq Peacekeeping operations Iraq conflict
Contains statistics: Yes
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