Fallen Soldiers

Lance Corporal Jordan Dean Bancroft

Lance Corporal Jordan Dean Bancroft aged 25 of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, was killed during an exchange of fire with insurgents in Afghanistan on 21 August 2010.

Sapper Ishwor Gurung 

Sapper Ishwor Gurung aged 21 from 69 Gurkha Field Squadron, 21 Engineer Regiment, was killed by small arms fire when his Troop came under attack by insurgents at Forward Operating Base Shahzad in south west Helmand on Friday, 13 August 2010

Sapper Darren Foster 

Sapper Darren Foster aged 20 of 21 Engineer Regiment was killed by small arms fire whilst manning a sangar at Patrol Base Sangin Fulodin in Afghanistan on Friday 13 August 2010.

Rifleman Remand Kulung 

Rifleman Remand Kulung aged 27, from G (Tobruk) Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday 12 August 2010 of wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Lieutenant John Charles Sanderson 

Lieutenant John Charles Sanderson aged 29, from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on the evening of Wednesday, 11 August 2010, of wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Marine Adam Brown 

Marine Adam Brown aged 26 of Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, who was serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was killed in an explosion in the Sangin region of Afghanistan on Sunday 1 August 2010.

Lance Sergeant Dale Alanzo McCallum

Lance Sergeant Dale Alanzo McCallum aged 31 of 1st Battalion Scots Guards, serving as part of Combined Force Lashkar Gah, was killed by small arms fire in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province on Sunday 1 August 2010.

Sapper Mark Antony Smith 

Sapper Mark Antony Smith aged 26 from 36 Engineer Regiment, serving with the Counter-IED Task Force, was killed on Monday, 26 July 2010, in an explosion in the Sangin area of Helmand province.

Lance Corporal Stephen Daniel Monkhouse 

Lance Corporal Stephen Daniel Monkhouse aged 28 from 1st Battalion Scots Guards was killed by small arms fire, north of Lashkar Gah Afghanistan, on Wednesday, 21 July 2010.

Corporal Matthew James Stenton 

Corporal Matthew James Stenton aged 23 from The Royal Dragoon Guards was killed by small arms fire, north of Lashkar Gah Afghanistan, on Wednesday, 21 July 2010.

Staff Sergeant Brett George Linley 

Staff Sergeant Brett George Linley aged 29, from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps, was killed in an explosion during a counter-IED operation in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand province on Saturday, 17 July 2010.

Sergeant David Thomas Monkhouse 

Sergeant David Thomas Monkhouse aged 35, from The Royal Dragoon Guards, was killed in an explosion in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province on Saturday, 17 July 2010.

Senior Aircraftman Gunner Kinikki "Griff" Griffiths  

Senior Aircraftman Gunner Kinikki "Griff" Griffiths aged 20, was killed in a vehicle accident in Afghanistan on Friday, 16 July 2010.

Marine Jonathan David Thomas Crookes 

Marine Jonathan David Thomas Crookes aged 26 from 40 Commando Royal Marines was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in the Sangin District of Helmand Province on Friday, 16 July 2010.

Marine Matthew Harrison

Marine Matthew Harrison aged 23 from 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was was conducting a joint reassurance patrol with the local Afghan National Army, south of Patrol Base Seylab Doo, on Tuesday 13 July 2010, when his unit was engaged with small arms fire. Mne Harrison was mortally wounded and evacuated to Camp Bastion Role Three Hospital where he died of his wounds.

Lieutenant Neal Turkington

Lieutenant Neal Turkington aged 26 from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), was killed in a suspected premeditated attack by a member of the Afghan National Army on Tuesday 13 July 2010.

Major James Joshua Bowman

Major James Joshua Bowman aged 34 from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), was killed in a suspected premeditated attack by a member of the Afghan National Army on Tuesday 13 July 2010.

Corporal Arjun Purja Pun

Corporal Arjun Purja Pun aged 33, from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), was killed in a suspected premeditated attack by a member of the Afghan National Army on Tuesday 13 July 2010.

Marine David Charles Hart

Marine David Charles Hart aged 23 from 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in the Sangin District of Helmand Province on Thursday 8 July 2010.

Bombardier Samuel Joseph Robinson

Bombardier Samuel Joseph Robinson aged 31 serving in support of Combined Force Sangin, was killed in an explosion while on a foot patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province on Thursday 8 July 2010.

Private Thomas Sephton 

Private Thomas Sephton aged 20, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, was wounded when an explosion hit his patrol during the clearance of a road in the Upper Gereshk Valley on Sunday 4 July 2010. He was flown to the UK for further treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he succumbed to his injuries on Monday 5 July 2010.

Trooper James Anthony Leverett

Trooper James Anthony Leverett aged 20 of D (The Green Horse) Squadron, The Viking Group, The Royal Dragoon Guards, was killed in an explosion when his Viking armoured vehicle struck an IED in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on Monday 5 July 2010.

Corporal Jamie Kirkpatrick

Corporal Jamie Kirkpatrick aged 32 of 101 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), part of the Counter-IED Task Force, was killed in a small arms fire engagement with insurgent forces in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on 27 June 2010.

Bombardier Stephen Gilbert

Bombardier Stephen Gilbert aged 36 from 4th Regiment Royal Artillery died in hospital in Birmingham on 26 June 2010 from wounds sustained in Afghanistan as the result of an explosion on the afternoon of 10 June 2010.

Colour Sergeant Martyn Simon Horton 34, Private Douglas Niall Halliday20 and Private Alex Isaac aged 20 of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment and Lance Corporal David Andrew Ramsden aged 26 from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (attached to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment) serving as part of Nahr-e Saraj (North) were killed in a vehicle incident near Gereshk, Helmand Province, on 23 June 2010.

Sergeant Steven William Darbyshire

Sergeant Steven William Darbyshire aged 35 serving with 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was killed by small arms fire during a firefight with insurgent forces in the Sangin district of Helmand province on Wednesday, 23 June 2010.

Lance Corporal Michael Taylor 

Lance Corporal Michael Taylor aged 30 from Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was killed in Afghanistan during a gun fight on Tuesday 22 June 2010.

Marine Paul Warren

Marine Paul Warren aged 23 from Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was killed in an explosion on Monday 21 June 2010.

Marine Richard Hollington

Marine Richard Hollington aged 23, from Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, died from wounds sustained in Afghanistan in the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on Sunday 20 June 2010.

Trooper Ashley Smith 

Trooper Ashley Smith aged 21 from the Royal Dragoon Guards was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Friday 18 June 2010.

Kingsman Ponipate Tagitaginimoce

Kingsman Ponipate Tagitaginimoce aged 29 from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, was killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday 15 June 2010.

Corporal Taniela Tolevu Rogoiruwai 

Corporal Taniela Tolevu Rogoiruwai aged 32 from The 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, was killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday 15 June 2010.

Marine Steven James Birdsall 

Marine Steven James Birdsall aged 20 from Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, on 14 June 2010, as a result of a gunshot wound he suffered in Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze 

Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze aged 31 from B (Malta) Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire,) was killed in an explosion on 12 June 2010.

Private Jonathan Michael Monk

Private Jonathan Michael Monk aged 25, 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North), was killed in an explosion in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on Wednesday 9 June 2010.

Lance Bombardier Mark Chandler

Lance Bombardier Mark Chandler aged 32, from 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, attached to 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, was killed in a small arms fire engagement on Tuesday 8 June 2010.

Lance Corporal Alan Cochran

Lance Corporal Alan Cochran aged 23, of the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), were killed as a result of an exchange of small arms fire with insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province on Friday 4 June 2010.

Corporal Terry Webster

Corporal Terry Webster aged 24, of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), were killed as a result of an exchange of small arms fire with insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province on Friday 4 June 2010.

Marine Anthony Dean Hotine

Marine Anthony Dean Hotine aged 21, from Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, was killed in an explosion in the Sangin district of Helmand province on Wednesday 2 June 2010.

Marine Scott Gregory Taylor

Marine Scott Gregory Taylor aged 20, from Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, was killed in an explosion near Sangin on Sunday 30 May 2010.

Corporal Stephen Paul Curley

Corporal Stephen Paul Curley aged 26 from 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, died as a result of an explosion on Wednesday 26 May 2010.

Gunner Zak Cusack

Gunner Zak Cusack aged 20 from 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), died as a result of a gunshot wound on Wednesday 26 May 2010.

Cpl Stephen Walker

Cpl Stephen Walker aged 42 from 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Forces Sangin, was killed in an explosion near Patrol Base Almas, in Sangin, Helmand province on 21 May 2010.

Corporal Christopher Lewis Harrison

Corporal Christopher Lewis Harrison aged 40 of Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, Helmand, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 9 May 2010.

At approximately 0620 hours local time on 9 May 2010, south of Patrol Base Shuga, Corporal Harrison was fatally wounded in an explosion.

Sapper Daryn Roy

Sapper Daryn Roy aged 28 of 21 Engineer Regiment died after his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while he was travelling near Patrol Base Pimon in Nad 'Ali, Helmand province, on Monday 3 May 2010.

Lance Corporal Barry Buxton

Lance Corporal Barry Buxton aged 27 died on Monday 3 May 2010 after sustaining injuries in an accident alongside the Nahr-e Bughra canal as a result of the vehicle he was commanding rolling into the canal when the road collapsed.

Corporal Harvey Holmes

Corporal Harvey Holmes aged 22 from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, serving with 40 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group, was killed in an explosion close to Patrol Base Waterloo, in Sangin, Helmand province, on the morning of Sunday 2 May 2010.

Fusilier Jonathan Antony Burgess

Fusilier Burgess died in Afghanistan on 7 April 2010., of 3 Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, died as a result of gunshot wounds following a small arms engagement in the Nad 'Ali area of Helmand province. At the time his Multiple (half a platoon) was on patrol to disrupt insurgents who were focused on stopping the British soldiers and their Afghan partners from protecting local communities within the area.

Rifleman Mark Turner

Rifleman Mark Turner aged 21 was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 4 April 2010.as a result of an explosion that happened while he was on a foot patrol against insurgents near Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, in the Kajaki area of Helmand Province.

Guardsman Michael Sweeney

Guardsman Michael Sweeney aged 19 from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards was killed as a result of an explosion that happened in the Babaji District of central Helmand Province on 1 April 2010.

 Rifleman Daniel Holkham

Rifleman Daniel Holkham 19 from 3rd Battalion The RIFLES, serving with 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed during the afternoon of 27 March 2010. Rifleman Holkham died as a result of an explosion which occurred in an area one kilometre to the east of Sangin DC, in Helmand Province.

Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate

Lance Corporal of Horse Woodgate, aged 26, was on a Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) foot patrol operating about three kilometres to the south of Sangin District Centre when he was fatally wounded by a grenade thrown from behind a wall.

Serjeant* Steven Campbell

Serjeant Steven Campbell 30, from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 22 March 2010 as a result of an improvised explosive device which detonated while he was patrolling around 3km south of Sangin district centre.Private James Grigg

Private James Grigg

Private James Grigg from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 16 March 2010.

Private James Grigg was killed, while serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, as a result of an explosion which occurred in an area approximately 20km north of Musa Qal'ah district centre, Helmand province.

Lance Corporal Scott Hardy

Lance Corporal Scott Hardy from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 16 March 2010.

Lance Corporal Scott Hardy was killed, while serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, as a result of an explosion which occurred in an area approximately 20km north of Musa Qal'ah district centre, Helmand province.

Captain Martin Driver

Captain Martin Driver 30 from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, died in Selly Oak Hospital on Monday 15 March 2010 from wounds sustained as a result of an explosion which occurred in the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand province on the morning of 21 February 2010.Corporal Stephen Thompson

Corporal Stephen Thompson

Corporal Stephen Thompson from 1st Battalion The Rifles (1 RIFLES), serving as part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 7 March 2010.

Corporal Thompson died as a result of an explosion in an area 3km south of Sangin district centre, Helmand province.

Lance Corporal Tom Keogh

Lance Corporal Tom Keogh from 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES), part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 7 March 2010.

Lance Corporal Keogh was killed by a gunshot wound during a small arms engagement in Sangin, Helmand province. He was in Patrol Base Bariolai when he was killed.

Rifleman Liam Maughan

Liam Maughan of 3rd Battalion The Rifles was killed in Afganistan on 6 March 2010.

Rifleman Liam Maughan died from wounds received as a result of small arms fire which occurred near Sangin, in Helmand Province, during the morning of 6 March 2010.

Rifleman Jonathon Allott

Rifleman Jonathon Allott of 3rd Battalion The Rifles wwas killed in Afganistan on 5 March 2010.

Rifleman Allott died from wounds received as a result of an explosion which occurred near Sangin, in Helmand Province, during the morning of 5 March 2010.

Corporal Richard Green

Corporal Richard Green from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 2 March 2010.

Corporal Green died as a result of small arms fire near Sangin in Helmand province.

Rifleman Carlo Apolis

Rifleman Carlo Apolis of 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES), serving as part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed in Afghanistan on 1 March 2010.

Rifleman Apolis was killed by a gunshot wound resulting from small arms fire in Sangin, Helmand province. He was on a foot patrol about 700 metres east of Patrol Base Blenheim, taking part in a wider operation conducted by the 3 RIFLES Battle Group to expand security around the district centre.

Sergeant Paul Maurice Fox

Sergeant Paul Maurice Fox, of 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to the Brigade Reconnaissance Force, who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 26 February 2010.

He was killed on the 26 February 2010 by an Improvised Explosive Device while on foot patrol in southern Nad-e Ali.

Rifleman Martin Kinggett

Rifleman Martin Kinggett from A Company, 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES), part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday 25 February 2010.

Rifleman Kinggett, a 19-year-old soldier from A Company 4 RIFLES, serving as part of 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed by a gun shot wound in Sangin, Helmand Province.

He was on a routine foot patrol, part of a larger operation to provide security for the local population in Sangin. During the patrol he and his comrades were required to provide covering fire for the evacuation of an injured colleague and Rifleman Kinggett was shot and killed.

Senior Aircraftman Luke Southgate

Senior Aircraftman Luke Southgate from II Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 24 February 2010.

Senior Aircraftman Southgate was part of the Kandahar Airfield Force Protection Wing and was conducting a patrol to protect Kandahar Airfield, and all who operate within it, from the ever-present threat of rocket attacks when he was killed by an improvised explosive device whilst driving his WMIK Land Rover.

Lance Sergeant David Walker

Lance Sergeant David "Davey" Walker, of 1st Battalion Scots Guards was killed in Afghanistan on 18 February 2010.

Lance Sergeant Walker was fatally wounded while conducting a ground domination patrol which was engaged by insurgent fire. He was serving with Right Flank, Scots Guards, attached to Combined Force Nad-e-Ali (North).

Lieutenant Douglas Dalzell

Lieutenant Douglas Dalzell of 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday 18 February 2010.

Lieutenant Dalzell was serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South) (formerly known as Battle Group (Babaji)), and was operating as part of Operation MOSHTARAK.He died from wounds received as a result of an explosion in the Babaji area of Nahr-e-Saraj in Central Helmand. 

Sapper Guy Mellors

Sapper Guy Mellors from 36 Engineer Regiment, serving as part of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force, was killed in Afghanistan on 15 February 2010.

Sapper Mellors died from wounds received as a result of an explosion which occurred while he was engaged in IED clearance operations in support of A Company, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, near Patrol Base Ezaray to the north east of Sangin district centre.

Rifleman Mark Marshall

Rifleman Mark Marshall from 6th Battalion The Rifles, serving with 3 RIFLEs Battle Group was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 14 February 2010.

Rifleman Marshall was killed when an IED detonated while he was on a routine foot patrol providing reassurance and security to the local population near Forward Operating Base Inkerman to the north east of Sangin in Helmand province.

Kingsman Sean Dawson

 Kingsman Sean Dawson of the 2nd Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment was killed as a result of small arms fire on the 14th February 2010. Kingsman Dawson was part of a ambush set up by Battle Group North West approximately 300 metres north-west of Patrol Base Minden. The ambush engaged suspected insurgents with small arms fire. During the resulting contact Kingsman Dawson suffered a gunshot wound and was killed.

Lance Sergeant David Greenhalgh  

Lance Sergeant Dave Greenhalgh, from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 13 February 2010.

Lance Sergeant Greenhalgh, aged 25, died instantly when his vehicle was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device.

Lance Corporal Darren Hicks

Lance Corporal Darren Hicks from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday 11 February 2010.

The soldier died as a result of an explosion that happened in the Babaji district of central Helmand province this morning.
Next of kin have been informed and have asked for a period of grace before further details are released.  

 WO2 David Markland

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of WO2 David Markland from 36 Engineer Regiment who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 8 February 2010.

Warrant Officer Class 2 David Markland deployed on Operation HERRICK 11 as a Royal Engineer Search Advisor with the Joint Force EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Group, as part of the Counter-IED Task Force.

Corporal Johnathan Moore

Corporal Johnathan Moore of The Royal Scots Borderers, part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 7 February 2010.

The soldier died as a result of an explosion near Sangin, in Helmand province.

 Private Sean McDonald

1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 7 February 2010.

The soldier died as a result of an explosion near Sangin, in Helmand province.

Corporal Liam Riley 

Corporal Liam Riley was killed in Afganistan On Monday 1st Febuary

The soldier, who were serving as part of the Coldstream Guards Battle Group, were killed as a result of two improvised explosive device blasts near Malgir, which lies between Babaji and Gereshk. 

 Lance Corporal Graham Shaw

Lance Corporal Graham Shaw was killed in Afganistan On Monday 1st Febuary

The soldier, who were serving as part of the Coldstream Guards Battle Group, were killed as a result of two improvised explosive device blasts near Malgir, which lies between Babaji and Gereshk. 

Lance Corporal Daniel Cooper.

Lance Corporal Daniel Cooper was killed in Afganistan On Monday 1st Febuary.

The soldier, who were serving as part of the Coldstream Guards Battle Group, were killed as a result of two improvised explosive device blasts near Malgir, which lies between Babaji and Gereshk. 

Lance Corporal Daniel Cooper from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, died from wounds received as a result of the blast near Sangin, in Helmand province, on Sunday 24th January 2010