Written question asked by Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 26 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 March 2004. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 March 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have been (i) killed and (ii) injured in Iraq since 19th March 2003. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 30 January 2004).

Answer: Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have been (i) killed and (ii) injured in Iraq since 19 March 2003. [151619] Mr. Ingram: [holding answer 30 January 2004]: Since 19 March 2003, 58 United Kingdom service personnel have died while deployed on operations in Iraq. One civilian, a member of the Defence Fire Service, has died in the same period. During major combat operations, from 19 March to 1 May 2003, UK forces suffered 155 battle casualties. Since then we have recorded centrally only those ill or injured personnel who have required medical evacuation to the UK. There have been 1,109 medical evacuations of British military personnel to date.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 418 c1402W;418 c1404W; 151619
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Armed forces Death Civilians Injuries Iraq Medical treatments Peacekeeping operations
Contains statistics: Yes
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