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Sgt Lee Paul Davidson Killed Afghanistan 9th September 2012
Sergeant Davidson deployed to Afghanistan on 16 April 2012 as the Troop Sergeant of Support Troop with the Brigade Reconnaissance Force. In June, his Troop was formed into a Police Advisory Team as part of the Police Mentoring and Advisory Group. He was based at...
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Soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan
The soldier was serving within the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province when he was injured as a result of enemy action on 14 August 2012. The soldier was flown back to the UK for treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where, sadly, he...
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Guardsman Karl Whittle
The 22-year-old from Bristol was shot during an insurgent attack in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, on 14 August. He later died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, on Friday. The father of one joined the Army in 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan for the first time...
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Haka performed by the comrades of three fallen New Zealand soldiers
FANTASTIC EMOTION GO TO FULLSCREEN. A video of the passionate haka performed by the comrades of three fallen New Zealand soldiers has gone viral, with tens of thousands of people around the world watching the clip. The 2nd and 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand...
read moreGuardsman Jamie Shadrake of the Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 17 August 2012.
Guardsman Jamie Shadrake of the Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 17 August 2012. Guardsman Shadrake died of gunshot wounds when his checkpoint was attacked by insurgents in the Nahr-e...
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Soldier from the Grenadier Guards killed in Afghanistan 17th August 2012
Soldier from the Grenadier Guards killed in Afghanistan 18 Aug 12 A soldier from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards killed in Afghanistan. The soldier was on duty in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on Friday 17 August when he was killed by enemy action....
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Lance Corporal Matthew David Smith .Royal Engineers. Killed in Action Friday 10th August 2012.
Lance Corporal Smith was part of a Troop tasked to build a new checkpoint next to the Nahr-e-Bughra Canal in the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand Province when he was hit by small arms fire. He received immediate first aid and was evacuated...
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Lieutenant Andrew Chesterman
Lieutenant Chesterman was commanding a vehicle patrol in the Nad ‘Ali district of Helmand province when the lead vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. As he moved forward to take control of the situation the patrol was engaged by insurgent small arms fire and...
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Soldier from 26 Engineer Regiment killed in Afghanistan 10 Aug 2012
THREE SOLDIERS KIA AFGHANISTAN 3rd JULY 2012
Three soldiers killed in Afghanistan , Sunday 1 July 2012
Cpl Alex Guy, 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, Killed in Action Friday 15 June 2012.
Corporal Alex Guy, of the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, Killed in Action Friday 15 June 2012 Corporal Guy, aged 37, commanded a fire support section in Nad-e Ali District of Helmand Province. His section was conducting a partnered patrol...
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Soldier from 1 R ANGLIAN killed in Afghanistan 15th June 2012
L/Cpl James Ashworth 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards killed in Action Afghanistan 13 June 2012.
Lance Corporal Ashworth, aged 23, died as a result of enemy action while on patrol with the Reconnaissance Platoon of 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Corporal James Ashworth Lance Corporal James...
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L/Cpl James Ashworth VC
LCpl James Ashworth. The Grenadier Guards who was killed protecting his comrades in Afghanistan is to be awarded the Victoria Cross - the UK's top bravery medal. Lance Corporal James Ashworth's courage was hailed as "beyond words" by friends who served with him until...
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Pte Gregg Thomas Stone
Private Gregg Thomas Stone from the 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment was Killed in Afghanistan Sunday 3 June 2012. Private Stone deployed to Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand Province on the 13 May 2012 as part of 6 Platoon, Burma Company. In the early evening of...
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Corporal Michael John Thacker
Corporal Michael John Thacker, from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh,was killed in Action in Helmand district ,Afghanistan on Friday 1 June 2012. Corporal Thacker was part of the Fire Support Group manning Observation Post ‘Tir’ in the Helmand district of Nahr-e Saraj,...
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