Statistics of the military effort of the British Empire during the Great War : 1914-1920 / The War office, March, 1922.

  • Great Britain. War Office.
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[1922]
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Credit: Statistics of the military effort of the British Empire during the Great War : 1914-1920 / The War office, March, 1922. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Parr VII.—Mounitions—continued. Section 1—continued. (xxiii.) Estimated and actual receipts and allocations of guns and howitzers ee (xxiv.) Guns and ammunition held by or for Divisions at Home (xxv.) Statement of Guns, Ammunition, &c., handed over, or in process of being handed over to Allied Countries— (a.) By Great Britain .. oe ate 3h: AP i ae oe (6.) By France .. ve we Hy Bi: i ol Rie nit Section 2,.—Development of Munitions Supply >e it, ais (i.) Before the formation of the Ministry of Munitions .. ac ie He ae (ii.) Development of the output of munitions during the war .. 2. zs oe (a.) Output of Empty and Filled Shell é $3 te a (6.) Production of High Explosive and Propellant . a tie ic (c.) Trench Warfare Materiel . (d.) Output of Machine Guns, Rifles, and Small-arm Ammunition . (e.) Output of Tanks .. Bu ae sic ae Section 3.—Miscellaneous Notes on Munitions Supply and Expenditure .. 1. Approximate Cost of some preliminary Bombardments .. 2. British and French Gun Ammunition compared prior to Spring Offensive, 1918 . Comparison of Gun Ammunition held at the time of Somme Offensive, 1916, and Offensive of 1918 a . Ammunition Expenditure in France from 8th August to 6th Sept., 1918 Expenditure of Smoke Shell in France 8th August to 6th Sept., 1918 . Approximate Cost and Expenditure of Ammunition from noon 28th September, to noon 29th September, 1918 . Comparative Statement of Gun Ammunition expended during certain periods of intensive fighting 2 8 (a.) Expenditure of Gun and Trench M ortar Ammunition in France, for the four weeks ending 17th November, 1918 (6.) For four weeks ending 10th November, 1918 . 9. Output of British Guns from 4th August, 1914, to “Lith November, 1918 10. Tonnage of Gun and Trench Warfare Ammunition Shipped during War 11. Stores Shipped to France for British mL ar Force, 9th August, 1914, to 10th November, 1918 : Be 12. Approximate Expenditure of Ammunition in France during the War os 13. Statement of Guns, flowitzers, Ammunition and Machine Guns issued to Allies during the War. 14, Number of Guns and Howitzers with British Artillery in the Field, 1914—1918 Ae 15. Expenditure of Anti- Aircraft Ammunition in the United Kingdom, from 24th September, 1917, to 5th August, 1918 16. Number of Gung in possession of the British Armies in the Field, August, 1914, and November, 1918 .. 17. Number of Field and Ileavy Guns with units in the field on the Western Front on different dates .. : a “4 : aesty oo “J Section 4.-Guns lost and captured in France, Salonica, Hast and South-West Africa, Mesopotamia and Egypt , ‘Part VIII.—Royar Arr Forcr - oe a 58 me Ba AN, fe as Be Section 1.—Growth of the Royal Flying Corps we Ws me {a.) August, 1914, up to 31st May, 1914 .. mo ba ar af a os (6.) 1st June, 1915, up to 30th September, 1916 .. Be Bc ate de oc (c.) 1st October, 1916, up to 28th February, 1917.. Bs ee fe te ot (d.) 1st January, 1917, up to 31st December, 1917 Ae ay 2 ie ae Section 2.—(a.) Casualties from 12th June, 1915, up to 1st March, 1917 (0.) Fatal casualties from 11th November, 1918, up to April, 1920 . - (e.) Casualties, and hours flown per casualty, on Western, Front, from J uly, 1916, up to July, 1918 .. se ue 52 bc ats Section 3.—Women Employed. . 69 AG are ole 50 “ye ais dks Section 4.—Distribution of the Royal Air Force in Squadrons, Aeroplanes and Pilots .. Section 5.—Numbers of machines employed on each front, by weeks, and casualties in France only, from 1st July, 1916, up to 30th November, 1918 ee Number of machines in Canada from 7th ad nt 191 7, up to 30th November, 1918.. we ae are Nis 5 bc bic ' Section 6.—Surrender of German Aeroplanes Ae oA 56 vs Oc Section 7 —Process of reduction of the Royal Air Force .. Ae ay 45 ie PAGE 455 461 464 465 466 4.66 474 474 477 478 479 479 480 480 480 481 481 481 482 482 483 484 484 484 485 485 486 487 488 489 490 507 508 508 509