English Civil War

185,000

estimated total dead

Each dot below represents 1,000 human lives. Scroll to watch the scale unfold.

Military Dead

85,000 soldiers killed in combat, from wounds, or from disease. Each = 1,000 lives.

Parliamentarians (Roundheads) — 34,000 military dead

Royalists (Cavaliers) — 51,000 military dead

Civilian Dead

100,000 civilians killed — from violence, famine, disease, and displacement. Wars are not fought only by soldiers.

Civilian dead — 100,000

Deadliest Engagements

Battle of Lostwithiel6,250

Battle of Naseby6,100

Battle of Marston Moor5,650

Battle of Preston4,100

Battle of Worcester3,200

Battle of Dunbar3,020

Battle of Edgehill3,000

First Battle of Newbury2,600

For Perspective

How English Civil War's dead compare to other conflicts and events.

English Civil War — total dead185,000

Wars of the Roses (total, both sides)60,000

Hundred Years' War (English dead)15,000

English deaths in WWI (military only)886,000

English deaths in WWII (military only)383,800

Milestones of Loss

60,000 dead

Estimated total combat deaths in the Wars of the Roses

85,000 dead

Civil War military dead — fought across English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish soil

100,000 dead

Adding civilian deaths from disease, famine, and the Irish campaign brings the total above 100,000

185,000 dead

Combined military and civilian toll: approximately 3.6% of the English population

All figures are historical estimates and vary across sources. The true human cost of war is impossible to fully quantify — these numbers represent the best scholarly consensus. Each number was a person with a name, a family, and a life unlived.