“He was so nearly a casualty of the tragic events that claimed the life of Colin Knight.”

“John knelt to extract a wad of cotton wool from his black case with the professionalism of a doctor treating a casualty, and held it to the wound in her head to staunch the flow of blood.”

“This great casualty was caused by one of the steamers having grounded within range of a battery of 13 guns.”

“There are also some questions over the validity of the Lancet study in the case of measuring casualties in Iraq.”

“In this operation I would be acutely aware of the need to minimise civilian casualties.”

“The calculation of casualties presents military historians with real problems.”