How many casualties did British forces suffer at Sword Beach on June 6, 1944?

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At the end of the day on June 6, 1944, British forces had landed 29,000 men at Sword Beach and suffered 630 casualties.1

While the total number of British casualties across all landing beaches on D-Day was 1,030, the specific figure of 630 pertains to the forces operating at Sword Beach.12