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Thread #158525   Message #3750089
Posted By: GUEST
11-Nov-15 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Jingoism or Commemoration
Subject: RE: BS: Jingoism or Commemoration
ALL those who served in the armed forces of Great Britain, her Commonwealth and her Empire are remembered Thompson - you would have known that had you listened to, or watched the service.
        
Interesting figures though Thompson which if true would mean that during the First and Second World Wars 14% of the British Army consisted of Arab troops and 41% of the fatal casualties were Arabs - pray tell where did these rather fanciful figures come from?

War dead for British, Commonwealth & Empire forces in WWI = ~880,000

War dead for British, Commonwealth & Empire forces in WWII = ~384,000

So out of a total of ~1,264,000 – Arabs serving in the British Armed Forces accounted for 500,000?

Very much doubt that Thompson.