PART XX

RETURNS OF BRITISH CASUALTIES AT YORKTOWN AND PRISONERS OF WAR

 

Return of British Casualties from the 28th of September to the 19th of October, 1781

Organization Killed Wounded Missing Total

Royal Artillery

24

21

2

47

Guards

4

22

 

26

Light Infantry

28

57

 

83

Seventeenth Regiment

1

7

 

8

Twenty-third Regiment

11

20

 

31

Thirty-third Regiment

8

12

8

28

Forty-third Regiment

10

18

12

40

Seventy-first Regiment

10

22

11

43

Seventy-sixth Regiment

6

5

 

11

Eightieth Regiment

1

11

10

22

Two battalions Anspach

12

34

 

46

Prince Hereditaire

23

57

16

96

Regiment de Bose

18

40

11

69

Total

156

326

70

552

 

213

 

General Return of British Troops Surrendered Prisoners of War on the 19th of October, 1781

Organization Officers Men Other personnel Total

General and staff

31

 

46

77

Royal Artillery

13

198

31

242

Guards

23

504

 

527

Light Infantry

31

640

 

671

Seventeenth Regiment

17

227

 

244

Twenty-third Regiment

12

221

 

233

Thirty-third Regiment

11

259

 

270

Forty-third Regiment

14

345

 

359

Seventy-first Regiment

22

272

 

294

Seventy-sixth Regiment

31

684

 

715

Eightieth Regiment

32

657

 

689

Two battalions Anspach

69

1,005

12

1,086

Prince Hereditaire

22

455

7

484

Regiment de Bose

15

333

1

349

Yagers

5

69

 

74

British Legion

25

216

 

241

Queen's Rangers

43

277

 

320

North Carolina Volunteers

21

121

 

142

Pioneers

5

37

 

42

Small detachments

14

10

 

24

Taken on 14th and 16th October

6

72

 

78

Camp followers

   

80

80

Total

462

6,602

177

7,241

 

214


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