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Lance Corporal Paul Sandford - 6 June 2007
1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment)
LCpl Sandford was killed at around 0645 (local time) while taking part in an offensive patrol with his company aimed at disrupting Taliban forces in the Upper Gereshk Valley area of Helmand Province, eight kilometres north east of the town of Gereshk.
The company was moving forward to clear a Taliban compound when they came under fire and LCpl Sandford was shot. He was taken to an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol base. From there he was flown by helicopter to Camp Bastion for medical treatment where, sadly, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Drummer Thomas Wright - 24 June 2007
1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment)
Drummer Wright was killed at around 1000hrs local time, roughly six kilometres outside of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. His armoured ‘Snatch’ land rover was escorting a military team surveying the site for a new road project linking several Afghan villages in the Babaji area when it was caught in an explosion.
Four other soldiers were also injured in the explosion.
Captain Sean Dolan - 30 June 2007
1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment)
Captain Dolan was taking part in an operation aimed at maintaining the pressure on the Taliban - focusing on the Sangin Valley area. He was acting as a Liaison Officer between the battalion and a joint US Task Force and Afghan National Army operation.
Captain Dolan, and the forces that he was attached to, were observing a substantial force of Taliban fighters from the edge of a vantage point, when they came under fire from Taliban mortars. The first mortar round severely wounded Captain Dolan and a US soldier. Both were medically evacuated to ISAF medical facilities at Camp Bastion where Captain Dolan was pronounced dead on arrival by medical staff.
Private Damian Wright - 5 September 2007
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Wright was taking part in a routine reassurance patrol 17km north of Lashkar Gah when, shortly after 0915 hours local time, the Land Rover vehicle they were travelling in was caught in an explosion. Sadly he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another soldier and an interpreter who were injured in the explosion were flown by helicopter to the ISAF medical facility at Camp Bastion for treatment. The interpreter later died of his injuries.
Private Ben Ford - 5 September 2007
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Ford was taking part in a routine reassurance patrol 17km north of Lashkar Gah when, shortly after 0915 hours local time, the Land Rover vehicle they were travelling in was caught in an explosion. Sadly he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another soldier and an interpreter who were injured in the explosion were flown by helicopter to the ISAF medical facility at Camp Bastion for treatment. The interpreter later died of his injuries.
Sergeant Craig Brelsford MC - 8 September 2007
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Sergeant Brelsford was taking part in a pre-planned operation to disrupt Taliban activity, south of Garmsir, southern Helmand Province, when their patrol was attacked by enemy fighters shortly after 0045 hours local time. Sadly Sergeant Brelsford was killed during the subsequent heavy firefight to repel the enemy. A number of Taliban were also killed.
Private Johan Botha - 8 September 2007
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Botha was taking part in a pre-planned operation to disrupt Taliban activity, south of Garmsir, southern Helmand Province, when their patrol was attacked by enemy fighters shortly after 0045 hours local time. Sadly Private Botha was both killed during the subsequent heavy firefight to repel the enemy. A number of Taliban were also killed.
Private Brian Tunnicliffe - 20 September 2007
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Brian Tunnicliffe was deployed on Operation Palk Wahel with A (Grenadier) Company 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) and were conducting an essential resupply during a pause in the fighting.
He was travelling in a Pinzgauer 4X4, 5km south west of their patrol base in an area north of Gereshk, on their way to a RV point as part of a two vehicle replenishment patrol. The vehicle overturned and tragically landed on its roof in an irrigation channel. One other passenger was able to escape without injury. Sadly despite all of the efforts of the patrol, a medical officer, engineers and a quick reaction force who were on the scene within minutes, Colour Sergeant Newman and Private Tunnicliffe were unable to be saved.
Colour Sergeant Phillip Newman - 20 September 2007
4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Was deployed on Operation Palk Wahel with A (Grenadier) Company 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) and were conducting an essential resupply during a pause in the fighting.
He was travelling in a Pinzgauer 4X4, 5km south west of their patrol base in an area north of Gereshk, on their way to a RV point as part of a two vehicle replenishment patrol. The vehicle overturned and tragically landed on its roof in an irrigation channel. One other passenger was able to escape without injury.Sadlydespite all of the efforts of the patrol, a medical officer, engineers and a quick reaction force who were on the scene within minutes, Colour Sergeant Newman and Private Tunnicliffe were unable to be saved.
Lance Corporal Kieron Hill - 28 May 2009
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Lance Corporal Hill died as a result of an explosion that happened whilst on a deliberate operation near Garmsir in Helmand province.
Private Robert Laws - 4 July 2009
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Laws while taking part in Operation PANCHAI PALANG, an operation involving around 3,000 soldiers, to improve security in the area north of Lashkar Gah, clear the Babaji and Malgir areas of insurgents and restore government control before the national elections. He was killed when the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Private Gavin Elliott - 3 September 2009
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Elliott was operating with The Light Dragoons Battle Group when he died as a result of a gunshot wound sustained whilst on a foot patrol in Babajidistrict, central Helmand province.
Private Jason George Williams - 8 August 2009
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Private Williams was killed following an explosion while on patrol just east of Gereshk in Helmand province on Saturday afternoon.
On the day of his death, Private Williams’ platoon was securing the site of an attack which had occurred earlier that day during which three Afghan National Army Warriors were killed.
Sergeant Michael Lockett MC - 21 September 2009
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Sergeant Lockett was on a dismounted patrol near Patrol Base Sandford in the Gereshkdistrict of Helmand province when an explosion occurred, killing him before he could be extracted to hospital.
He was investigating and confirming the find of an improvised explosive device when it exploded. Two other soldiers were injured in the same incident.
Corporal Alex Holmes - 2 May 2010
1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Corporal Holmes, attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group, was killed in an explosion close to Patrol Base Waterloo, in Sangin, Helmand province.
He was providing protection for his patrol as they investigated a compound east of Wishtan, close to Checkpoint Chakaw, when he died.