CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards358,227
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded75%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 65 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 781 cards (0.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 1 cards (0.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 357,163 cards (99.7%) Not recorded: 217 cards (0.1%) 358,227 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

55,678 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 9 cards January 1943: 178 cards 1943 February 1943: 264 cards March 1943: 745 cards April 1943: 57 cards May 1943: 66 cards June 1943: 5 cards July 1943: 239 cards August 1943: 235 cards September 1943: 252 cards October 1943: 422 cards November 1943: 945 cards December 1943: 1,326 cards January 1944: 2,673 cards 1944 February 1944: 4,767 cards March 1944: 2,866 cards April 1944: 1,980 cards May 1944: 8,319 cards June 1944: 19,278 cards July 1944: 29,117 cards August 1944: 21,271 cards September 1944: 27,483 cards October 1944: 31,046 cards November 1944: 53,269 cards December 1944: 55,678 cards January 1945: 22,090 cards 1945 February 1945: 19,755 cards March 1945: 22,142 cards April 1945: 21,594 cards May 1945: 6,194 cards June 1945: 3,192 cards July 1945: 424 cards August 1945: 176 cards September 1945: 58 cards October 1945: 50 cards November 1945: 21 cards December 1945: 9 cards

23 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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MonthCards
August 19421
November 19426
December 19429
January 1943178
February 1943264
March 1943745
April 194357
May 194366
June 19435
July 1943239
August 1943235
September 1943252
October 1943422
November 1943945
December 19431,326
January 19442,673
February 19444,767
March 19442,866
April 19441,980
May 19448,319
June 194419,278
July 194429,117
August 194421,271
September 194427,483
October 194431,046
November 194453,269
December 194455,678
January 194522,090
February 194519,755
March 194522,142
April 194521,594
May 19456,194
June 19453,192
July 1945424
August 1945176
September 194558
October 194550
November 194521
December 19459

Where admitted

Recorded on 75% of these cards · 152 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 168 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 123 distinct values