June 14, 2004

Crimean War (1853-1856) | Forces and Casualties

Mavi Boncuk |

Crimean War (1853-1856) Forces and Casualties


Total forces | Total dead | KIA-DOW | NCD | | WIA
Britain | 97,864 | 22,182 | 4,602c | 17,580 | | 18,280
France | 309,268 | 95,615 | 20,240 | 73,375 | | 39,870
Ottoman Emp. |165,000 | 45,400 | 20,900 | 24,500
Piedmont| 21,000 | 2,194 | 28 | 2,166
Subtotal |593,132 | 165,391 | 45,770 | 117,621

Russia | 888,000a | 450,015b | 73,125 | 377,000

TOTAL | 1,481,132 | 615,378 | 118,895

KIA-DOW: Killed in action- Dead of wounds
NCD: Non combat death
WIA : Wounded in Action

a. total mobilised; total serving on war fronts was 324,478
b. includes deaths in all Russia without reaching a war front
c. twenty percent were "friendly fire" deaths

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