These are not totally reliable as the data at the CWGC is structured differently depending on which force is involved. The Navy (for example) exists at the same level as a regiment in the army. To make matters worse there are spelling differences for the same vessel. For instance – HM Hospital Ship Rohilla (sunk off the UK coast) has 10 different entries:
H.M. H.S. "Rohilla." Royal Marine Light Infantry
H.M. H.S."Rohilla" Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
H.M. Hospital Ship "Rohilla" Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
H.M. Hospital Ship "Rohilla." Royal Navy
H.M.H.S. "Rohilla" Mercantile Marine
H.M.H.S. "Rohilla" Royal Navy
H.M.H.S. "Rohilla," Royal Navy
H.M.H.S. "Rohilla." Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
H.M.H.S. "Rohilla." Royal Navy
H.M.H.S. Rohilla Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
Therefore consolidated stats are impossible without a lot of manual intervention. However a bit of rough and ready work by me to eliminate Battalion and Company values from the data allows to me report a rough guide to units listed at CWGC with over 10,000 casualites as: (however please note countries are recorded as equivalent to non-army services and army regiments)
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