General Thwaites handed over to his successor, Major-General G. F. Boyd, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., D.C.M., a fighting force which proved itself thoroughly efficient, and whose deeds in the last and most decisive months of the Great War will live in history.
During the operations outlined in this chapter the 46th Division had served in the First, Second, Third, and Fifth Armies, and in the I, II, III, V, VII, XI, XIII, XIV, XVII, and XVIII Corps. Though called on to defend some of the most important parts of the Western front, not one inch of ground was ever lost.
The severity of the fighting in which the Division has been engaged during the War is best seen from an examination of its casualty list. The total losses between February 1915 and November 11th, 1918, were:
| Officers. | Other Ranks. | |
| Killed | 275 | 3,475 |
| Wounded | 1,104 | 21,285 |
| Missing | 123 | 3,307 |
| Total | 1,502 | 28,067 |
Such figures do indeed speak for themselves.
