Casualties
Casualties in the Malayan Emergency 1948-60

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	Total
GUERRILLAS
Killed	374	619	648	1079	1155	959	723	420	307	240	153	21	13	6711
Captured	263	337	147	121	123	73	51	54	52	32	22	8	6	1289
Surrendered	56	251	147	201	257	372	211	249	134	209	502	86	29	2704
Total	693	1207	942	1401	1535	1404	985	723	493	481	677	115	48	10704
SECURITY FORCES  (i):
Police	89	164	314	380	207	58	53	47	25	5	3	1	-	1346
Soldiers	60	65	79	124	56	34	34	32	22	6	7	-	-	519
Total	149	229	393	504	263	92	87	79	47	11	10	1	-	1865
RATIOS OF ELIMINATIONS: GUERRILLAS/ SECURITY FORCES	4	5	2.5	3	6	15	11	9	10	44	68	115	-	5.7
CIVILIANS KILLED AND MISSING
Killed	315	334	646	533	343	85	97	62	30	22	3	3	-	2473
Missing	90	160	106	135	131	43	57	57	26	2	-	3	-	810
Total	405	494	752	668	474	128	154	119	56	24	3	6	-	3283
TOTAL POLICE, SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS KILLED AND MISSING	554	723	1145	1172	737	220	241	198	103	35	13	7	-	5148
WOUNDED (ii)
Police	119	170	321	454	278	53	89	60	32	11	6	8	-	1601
Soldiers	92	77	175	237	123	64	65	43	47	22	13	1	-	959
Civilians	149	200	409	356	158	15	31	24	36	7	-	-	-	1385
Total	360	447	905	1047	559	132	185	127	115	40	19	9	-	3945

Notes: (i) No police or soldiers are listed as "captured" or "missing". They were assumed killed. (ii) Estimates of guerrillas wounded are not shown as they are unreliable. The total recorded was 2819. (Table taken from "Conflict and Violence in Singapore and Malaysia: 1945-1983" by Richard Clutterbuck) Details of European Police Officers who died during the Emergency and their places of burial are shown HERE
CONFRONTATION Commonwealth: KIA 114 - WIA 118 Civilians: KIA 36 - WIA 53 Indonesian: KIA 590 - WIA 222 - Captured 771 NOTE: I have not been able to establish the accuracy of these figures
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