British casualties from major wars and conflicts

For ease, these figures are ranked by the highest numbers of casualties. All loses during conflict are a tragedy and those who gave their lives should be remembered.

• WW1 (1914-1918): 885,138
• WW2 (1939-1945): 340,000
• The Crimean war (1853-1856): 21, 000
• The Boer war (1899-1902): 7, 792
• The First Anglo-Afghan war (1839-1842): 4, 500
• The Peninsular war (1808-1814): 4, 200
• The Second Anglo-Afghan war (1878-1880): 2, 500
• The Korean war (1950-1953): 1, 109
• The First Sikh war (1845-1846): 872
• The Third Anglo-Afghan war (1919): 802
• The troubles in Northern Ireland (1969): 671
• The Second Sikh war (1848-1849): 281
• The Anglo-Irish war (1919-1921): 261
• The Falklands war (1982): 255
• The Aden conflict (1963-1967): 255
• Afghanistan: (2001- ): 204
• The Iraq war (2003-2009): 179
• The Cyprus conflict (1955-1959): 142
• The Gulf war (1990-1991): 47

Figures provided by the Daily Telegraph.