| BATTLE CASUALTY NUMBER FOR VARIOUS UNITS | |||||||||||
| The following tables provide information on the number of battle casualties in each unit experienced during the Battle for Hong Kong in December 1945. | |||||||||||
| BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS | |||||||||||
| Date | Unit | KIA | MIA | DOW | Wounded | Totals | |||||
| 8 | |||||||||||
| RCCS | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||||
| 13 | |||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||
| 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | |||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | |||||||||||
| RCAPC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| RCCS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||||
| Bde | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| CMSC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| RCAPC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| RCASC | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| RCCS | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| RCOC | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 | |||||||||||
| Bde | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| RCAPC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| CPC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| RCOC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||||
| Bde | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| CCS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| RCCS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 23 | |||||||||||
| RCASC | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| RCCS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||||
| RCOC | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 25 | |||||||||||
| CAS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| RCASC | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| RCCS | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| POW | |||||||||||
| RCCS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Unknown | |||||||||||
| CDC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| RCCS | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 43 | ||||||
| Brigade Headquarters Battle Casualty Rates | |||||||||||
| Units | No. in Unit at Start of Battle | Deaths | Wounded | Overall | |||||||
| Bde | Brigade Headquarters | 4 | 75.0% | 50.0% | 125.0% | ||||||
| CAS | Canadian Auxiliary Services | 2 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |||||||
| CCS | Canadian Chaplain Services | 3 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |||||||
| CDC | Canadian Dental Corps | 7 | 14.3% | 14.3% | |||||||
| CPC | Canadian Postal Corps | 3 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |||||||
| CProC | Canadian Provost Corps | 8 | |||||||||
| CMSC | Corps of Military Staff Clerks | 5 | 60.0% | 20.0% | 80.0% | ||||||
| RCAMC | The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | 6 | |||||||||
| RCAPC | The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps | 7 | 14.3% | 28.6% | 42.9% | ||||||
| RCASC | The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps | 17 | 29.4% | 29.4% | 58.8% | ||||||
| RCCS | The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals | 33 | 18.2% | 18.2% | 36.4% | ||||||
| RCOC | The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps | 10 | 30.0% | 30.0% | 60.0% | ||||||
| Number that particpated in the Battle | 105 | 20.0% | 21.9% | 41.9% | |||||||
| NOTE: | The overall rate may in some cases be higher because soldiers would have been wounded and died of their wounds. No effort was made to correct for this situation. | ||||||||||
| 1st Battalion THE ROYAL RIFLES OF CANADA | |||||||||||
| Date | KIA | MIA | DOW | Wounded | Totals | ||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||
| 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 19 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 | |||||||
| 20 | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 31 | ||||||
| 22 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 51 | |||||||
| 23 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 61 | |||||||
| 24 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||||||
| 25 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 68 | 94 | ||||||
| 26 | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| 27 | |||||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||||
| 29 | |||||||||||
| 30 | |||||||||||
| POW | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Unknown | 99 | 99 | |||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 99 | 9 | 302 | 432 | ||||||
| Unit Casualty Rates | |||||||||||
| No. in Unit at Start of Battle | 960 | ||||||||||
| KIA rate | 2.3% | ||||||||||
| MIA rate | 10.3% | ||||||||||
| DOW rate | 0.9% | ||||||||||
| Overall Death rate | 13.5% | ||||||||||
| Wounded rate | 31.4% | ||||||||||
| Overall Casualty Rate | 45.0% | ||||||||||
| NOTE: | The overall rate may in some cases be higher because soldiers would have been wounded and died of their wounds. No effort was made to correct for this situation. | ||||||||||
| 1st Battalion THE WINNIPEG GRENADIERS | |||||||||||
| Date | KIA | MIA | DOW | Wounded | Totals | ||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 16 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 19 | 2 | 61 | 101 | 164 | |||||||
| 20 | 1 | 16 | 45 | 62 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 44 | |||||||
| 22 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 44 | |||||||
| 23 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | |||||||
| 24 | 3 | 27 | 30 | ||||||||
| 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 59 | ||||||
| 26 | |||||||||||
| 27 | |||||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 30 | |||||||||||
| POW | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Unknown | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 112 | 6 | 334 | 468 | ||||||
| Unit Casualty Rates | |||||||||||
| No. in Unit at Start of Battle | 911 | ||||||||||
| KIA rate | 1.8% | ||||||||||
| MIA rate | 12.3% | ||||||||||
| DOW rate | 70.0% | ||||||||||
| Overall Death rate | 14.7% | ||||||||||
| Wounded rate | 36.7% | ||||||||||
| Overall Casualty Rate | 51.4% | ||||||||||
| NOTE: | The overall rate may in some cases be higher because soldiers would have been wounded and died of their wounds. No effort was made to correct for this situation. | ||||||||||
| NOTES: | |||||||||||
| KIA | Killed in action | ||||||||||
| MIA | Missing in action | ||||||||||
| DOW | Died of wounds | ||||||||||
| POW | this denotes number of soldiers who died of wounds while prisoners of war | ||||||||||
| Wounded | the numbers listed here also include soldiers who were wounded multiple times | ||||||||||
| REFERENCES: | |||||||||||
| 1. | Data was extracted from a database of individual soldiers of 'C' Force | ||||||||||
| 2. | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | ||||||||||
| 3. | "Canadian Prisoners of War and Missing Personnel in the Far East"; King's Printer; H.Q.S. 9050-14-15, Corrected 18 September 1945 | ||||||||||
| 4. | Lieutenant Colonel W.J. Home Diary | ||||||||||