AFGHANISTAN
2004-2009
Lance-Corporal Jake Alderton - 20 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer
Regiment
Aged 22. From Bexley. Killed when a vehicle
rolled off a bridge near Sangin, southern
Afghanistan. 9 November 2007 .
Rifleman William Aldridge - 2nd Battalion The Rifles
Aged 18. Killed in an
explosion near Sangin, Helmand Province. 10 July 2009.
Flight-Sergeant Gary Wayne
Andrews - 120 Squadron,
Royal Air Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Guardsman David
Atherton - 1st
Battalion Grenadier Guards
Aged 25, from Manchester.
Killed while securing a bridge in the Upper
Gereshk Valley, in Helmand Province. 26 July 2007.
Trooper Ratu Babakobau - Household
Cavalry Regiment
Aged 29. From Fiji. Killed when his
vehicle struck a mine while on patrol in Nowzad area. 2 May 2008.
Captain
Ben Babington-Browne - 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
Killed in a helicopter incident in Afghanistan. 6 July 2009.
Rifleman James Backhouse - 2nd Battalion The
Rifles
Aged 18. Killed in an explosion near Sangin, Helmand Province.
10 July 2009.
Corporal Jason Barnes - Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (attached 2nd Battalion Parachute
Regiment)
Aged 25. From Exeter. Killed when vehicle hit by an IED in Kajaki area,
Helmand, 22 July 2008.
Sergeant Paul
Bartlett - Royal Marines
Aged 35. Killed by
a rocket-propelled grenade that destroyed their vehicle, while on an
operation near Sangin. 27 June 2006.
Lance Corporal James
Bateman - 2nd Battalion, The Parachute
Regiment
Aged 29. Friom Staines. Killed in action in the Upper Gereshk Valley, Helmand Province. 12 June 2008.
Flight-Sergeant Stephen
Beattie -
120 Squadron, Royal Air
Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in
Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Corporal Sean Binnie - 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Aged 22. From Belfast. Killed by a gunshot while on patrol in Musa Qala
area, Helmand. 7 May 2009.
Corporal Marc Birch - 45
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 26. From Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire. Killed by a 13 year old
suicide bomer in Sangin, Helmand, 12 December 2008.
Major Sean Birchall - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Aged 33. From Guildford. Killed by an explosion while on patrol at
Basharan, Helmand. 19 June 2009.
Signaller Wayne Bland - 16
Signal Regiment, Motor Transport Troop (Kabul Support Unit)
Aged 21. From Leeds. Killed when a suicide bomber drove into a convoy
in Kabul. 11 August 2008.
Private Peter Cowton - 2nd Battalion The
Parachute Regiment
Aged 25. From Basingstoke. Killed by an explosion during a firefight in
Sangin, Helmand, 29 July 2008.
Ranger Justin Cupples - 1st
Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
Aged 29. From County Cavan. Killed by an IED while on patrol in Sangin,
Helmand. 4 September 2008.
Royal Marine Thomas
Curry - 42 Commando Royal Marines
Aged 21. From London. Killed in action 13 January 2007 in an operation near Kajaki, in
Northern Helmand.
Private Nathan Cuthbertson - 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment
Aged 19. From Sunderland. Killed when a foot patrol was attacked by a
suicide bomber in
Upper Sangin Valley. 8 June 2008.
Private Andrew Barry Cutts - 13 Air
Assault Support Regiment
Killed in action at Musa Qala, Helmand province.
6 August 2006.
Corporal Lawrence Damian - 2nd
Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
Aged 25. From Scarborough.
Killed by a landmine in Kajaki. 17 February 2008.
Lance-Corporal
George Russell
Davey - 1st Battaion, Royal Anglian Regiment
Aged 23. From Suffolk. Killed in an accident at the British base in Sangin,
Afghanistan.
20 May 2007.
Corporal John Dean
- Royal
Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (serving with the Queen's Dragoon Guards)
Aged 25. From Port Talbot, South Wales. Killed when a vehicle was hit
by an explosion in Garmsir area. 15 March 2009.
Corporal Barry Dempsey - Royal
Highland Fusiliers, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Aged 29. From Ayreshire. Killed by a roadside bomb in Gereshk, Helmand,
18 August 2008.
Captain Sean Dolan
- 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood
Foresters
Killed near the village of
Qaleh-e-Gaz, Helmand province, 30 June 2007.
Guardsman Neil
Downes - 1st Battalion, The Grenadier Guards
Aged 20. From Manchester. Killed when his vehicle was hit by an
explosion
on a patrol with the Afghan National Army close to the town of Sangin
in Helmand province, 9 June 2007.
Ranger
Anare Draiva -1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
Aged 27, from Fiji. Killed in action in
northern Helmand. 1st September 2006.
Marine Neil Dunstan - 3 Commando Brigade,
Royal Marines
Aged 32. From Bournemouth. Killed by explosion while on patrol with
Afghan forces in Gamsir, Helmand. 12 November 2008.
Colour-Sergeant Krishnbahadur Dura - 2nd
Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles
Aged 36. From Lamjung, Nepal. Killed by an IED while in a Warrior, in
Musa Qala, Helmand, 15 November 2008.
Lance-Bombardier
James Dwyer - 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery
Aged 22. Killed when his vehicle struck an anti-tank mine, on patrol
in southern Helmand 27 December 2006.
Captain
Alex Eida - 7 Parachute Regiment, Royal
Horse Artillery
Aged 29. Killed in a vehicle ambush. 1st August 2006.
Corporal Liam Elms - Zulu Company, 45
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 27. From Wigan. Killed in an explosion in Southern Helmand. 31
December 2008.
Lance-Corporal
Dane Elson - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Aged 22. Killed on patrol in Babaji, Helmand Province. 5 July
2009.
Marine Tony Evans - 42
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 20. From Sunderland. Killed by a rocket-propelled grenade in
Lashkar Gah, Helmand, 27 November 2008.
Lieutenant Mark Evison - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Aged 26. From Dulwich, London. Shot at a checkpoint in Haji Halem,
Helmand, 9 May 2009. Died in hsopital in UK 12 May 2009.
Lance-Sergeant Tobie Fasfous - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Aged 29. From Bridgend, Wales. Killed by an explosion while on foot
patrol in Gereshk area, Helmand. 28 April 2009.
Lance-Corporal Steven Fellows - 45
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 26. From High Wycombe. Killed by an explosion while on patrol in
Sangin, Helmand. 12 December 2008.
Private
Ben Ford - 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters
and Foresters)
Aged 18. From Chesterfield. Killed in an explosion while on patrol in
Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan. 5 September 2007.
Lance-Corporal
Mathew Ford - 45 Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 30. From Immingham, Lincolnshire. Killed
in action while storming a Taliban fort at Garmsir, southern Helmand, 15 January 2007.
Private Robert
Graham Foster - 1st Battalion The Royal
Anglian Regiment
Aged 19.
From Harlow. Killed by a bomb that fell short, during a
fire fight north west of Kajaki, in northern Helmand Province. 23
August 2007.
Corporal Tom Gaden - 1st
Battalion The Rifles
Aged 24. From . Killed by an
explosion while on patrol in Gereshk district. 25 February 2009.
Private Dean Gamble - 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment
Aged 22. From Uckfield, Sussex. Killed when a foot patrol was attacked
by a suicide bomber in Upper Sangin Valley. 8 June 2008.
Corporal Darryl
Gardiner - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (attached
5th Regiment, Royal Artillery)
Aged 25. From Salisbury. Killed by a roadside mine, near the town of
Musa Qaleh, Helmand province. 20 January 2008.
Corporal Mike Gilyeat -
Royal Military Police
Aged 28. Killed when an American
Chinook helicopter he was travelling in crashed in Kajaki area of
northern Helmand, 30 May 2007.
Marine Dale Gostick - 3
Troop Armoured Support Company, Royal Marines
Aged 22. From Oxford. Killed when his armoured vehicle was attacked at
Sangin. 25 May 2008.
Private Chris Gray
- 'A' Company,
1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
Aged 19. From Leicestershire. Killed in action in Helmand Province. 13
April 2007.
Rifleman Jamie Gunn - 1st
Battalion The Rifles
Aged 21. From . Killed by an
explosion while on patrol in Gereshk district. 25 February 2009.
Trooper Joshua Hammond - 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
Aged 18. From Plymouth. Killed by an IED in Lashkar Gah area, Helmand.
1 July 2009.
Lance-Corporal
Christopher Harkett
- 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Regiment
Aged 22. From Pontardawe, near Swansea. Died of wounds sustained while on
foot patrol in Musa Qala area. 14 March 2009.
Lance-Corporal
Jabron Hashmi - Intelligence Corps (attached Royal Signals)
Aged 24. From Bordersley Green, Birmingham. Killed by a rocket-propelled grenade in the government compound in Sangin. 1 July 2006.
Lance-Corporal Alex Hawkins - 1st Battalion of The Royal Anglian Regiment
Aged 22. From Norfolk. Killed in souther Afghanistan, 25
July 2007.
Lance-Corporal
Jonathan Hetherington - 14 Signal Regiment
Aged 22. From Wiltshire.
Killed in action in Musa Qaleh, northern Helmand province. 27 August
2006.
Guardsman Daryl Hickey - 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards
Aged 27. Shot near Gereshk, in
Helmand province and died of wounds, 12 July
2007.
Captain David Hicks - 1st
Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment
Aged 26. From Surrey. killed during an attack on his
patrol base, near Sangin, Helmand Province. 11
August 2007.
Lance-Corporal Kieron Hill - 2nd Battalion Mercian
Regiment
Aged 20. From Nottingham. Killed by an explosion in Garmsir area,
Helmand. 28 May 2009.
Marine Jonathan
Holland - 45 Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 23. From Chorley. Died of wounds sustained from a mine strike,
while on a patrol in Sangin
Valley, Helmand Province. 21 February 2007.
Corporal Jonathan
Horne - 2nd Battalion The Rifles
Aged 28. Killed in an explosion near Sangin, Helmand Province.
10 July 2009.
Rifleman Daniel Hume
- 4th Battalion The Rifles
Aged 22. Killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. 9 July
2009.
Private
Damien Raymond Jackson - 3rd Battalion,
Parachute Regiment
Aged 19. From South
Shields, Tyne and Wear. Shot while on patrol near Sangin, 5th July 2006.
Lance-Corporal James Johnson - 5th
Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Aged 31. Killed by a landmine in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, 28 June 2008.
Sergeant Lee Johnson
- 2nd
Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
From Stockton-on-Tees. Killed by a mine near Musa Qaleh. 8 December
2007.
2nd
Lieutenant Ralph Johnson - Household Cavalry Regiment
Aged 24. Killed in a vehicle
ambush. 1st August
2006.
Flight-Lieutenant
Steven Johnson -
120 Squadron, Royal Air
Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in
Afghanistan. 2nd September 2006.
Lance-Corporal Michael Jones - Royal Marines (Special Boat Service)
Aged 26. From Newbald, Yorkshire. Killed during an operation in Nimruz
province, 29 July 2007.
Sergeant
Barry Keen - 245
Signal Squadron, 14 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals
Aged 34. From Rowlands
Gill, Gateshead. Fatally
wounded in a rocket attack near the village of Mirmandab, 27 July 2007.
Lance-Corporal
Stephen Kingscott - 1st
Battalion The Rifles
Aged 22. From Plymouth, Devon. Killed
while on patrol in Lashkar Gah district. 16 February 2009.
Private
Jonathan Kitulagoda - The Rifle Volunteers (Territorial
Army)
Aged 23. From Plymouth. Served in 'E' (Devon & Dorset)
Company. Killed in a suicide bomb attack near Kabul, 28
January 2004.
Sergeant Benjamin James Knight - 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in
Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Sergeant John Joseph Langton - 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in
Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Lance-Corporal Richard Larkin -
Special Air Service Regiment
Aged 39. From Cookley, Worcestershire. Killed when vehicle hit by an
explosion in Lashkar Gah, 17 June 2008.
Marine Michael Laski - 45 Commando,
Royal Marines
Aged 21. From Liverpool. Shot while on
patrol 23 February 2009. Died of wounds at Selly Oak Hospital,
Birmingham. 25 February 2009.
Corporal
Damien Lawrence - 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
Aged 25. From Scarborough. Killed by a landmine in Kajaki area,
Helmand. 17 February 2008.
Private Robert Laws - 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment
Aged 18. From Bromsgrove. Killed when his vehicle was hit by a
rocket-propelled grenade, Lashkar Gah, Helmand. 4 July 2009.
Lieutenant Aaron Lewis - 29 Commando
Regiment, Royal Artillery
Aged 27. From Essex. Killed in action near Gereshk. 15 December 2008.
Senior
Aircraftman Graham Livingstone - Royal Airforce
Regiment
Aged 23. From Strathclyde. Killed by an explosion while on foot patrol
at Kandahar. 13 April 2008.
Marine Alexander Lucas - 45
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 24. From Edinburgh. Killed by an IED in Kajaki area, Helmand, 24
November 2008.
Marine Jason Mackie - Royal Marines Armoured Support Group
Aged 21. From Oxford. Killed by an explosion in Lashkar Gah area,
Helmand. 14 May 2009.
Marine Travis Mackin - 45
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 22. From Plymouth. Killed by an explosion while on patrol at
Kajaki. 11 January 2009.
Sergeant John Manuel - 45 Commando, Royal
Marines
Aged 38. From Gateshead. Killed by a 13 year old suicide bomer in
Sangin, Helmand, 12 December 2008.
Marine David Marsh - 40
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 23. From Sheffield. Killed by an explosion while on foot patrol at
Kajaki. 30 March 2008.
Lance-Corporal James Mason - 2nd
Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Aged 26. From Aveley, Essex. Killed by a booby-trap while on patrol in
Kajaki area, Helmand, 13 September 2008.
Sergeant Jonathan Mathews - 4th
Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Aged 35. From Edinburgh. Died of gunshot wound while on patrol in
Lashkar Gah, Helmand, 28 July 2008.
Lance-Corporal Luke
McCulloch -
1 Royal Irish Regiment
Aged 21. From Cape Town, South Africa. Killed in action in northern
Helmand Province. 6 September 2006.
Captain
John McDermid - The
Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
Killed by an IED while patrolling in southern Afghanistan, attached to
2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. 14 November 2007.
Private Robert McLaren - 3rd Battalion The Royal
Regiment of Scotland (Black Watch)
Aged 20. From Isle of Mull. Killed by an explosion near Sangin,
Helmand. 12 June 2009.
Lance-Bombardier
Liam McLaughlin - 29 Commando Regiment,
Royal Artillery
Aged 21. From Lancashire.
Killed in a rocket attack in Sangin area of
Helmand province. 3 March 2007.
Privates Aaron James McClure - 1st
Battalion The Royal
Anglian Regiment
Aged 19. From Ipswich. Killed by a bomb that fell short, during a
fire fight north west of Kajaki, in northern Helmand Province. 23
August 2007.
Marine Robert McKibben - 3
Commando Brigade, Royal Marines
Aged 32. From County Mayo, Eire. Killed by an explosion while on patrol
with Afghan forces in Gamsir, Helmand, 12 November 2008.
Lance-Corporal Nigel Moffett - The Light Dragoons
Aged 28. From Belfast. Killed by an explosion at Musa Qala, Helmand. 30
May 2009.
Lance-Corporal Paul
Muirhead - 1 Royal Irish Regiment
Aged 29. From Bearley, Warwickshire. Wounded in northern Helmand, 1 September 2006. Died of wounds 6 September 2006.
Corporal Damian Mulvihill - 40 Commando,
Royal Marines
Aged 32. From Plymouth.
Killed by an explosion while on foot patrol in Sangin
area,
Helmand province, 20 February 2008.
Trooper James Munday - D Squadron,
Household Cavalry Regiment
Aged 21. From Birmingham. Killed in an explosion in Gamsir area,
Helmand, 15 October 2008.
Rifleman Joseph Murphy - 2nd
Battalion The Rifles
Aged 18. Killed in an explosion near Sangin, Helmand Province.
10 July 2009.
Private Charles Murray
- 2nd Battalion The
Parachute Regiment
Aged 19. From Dumfries. Killed when a foot patrol was attacked by a
suicide bomber in Upper Sangin Valley. 8 June 2008.
Flight-Lieutenant Gareth Rodney Nicholas - 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in
Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Corporal Daniel Nield - 1st
Battalion The Rifles
Aged 31. From Cheltenham. Killed while
on patrol North of Musa Qala. 30 January 2009.
Lance
Corporal Ross Nicholl - Household Cavalry
Regiment
Aged 27. Killed in a vehicle
ambush. 1 August 2006.
Private Craig
O'Donnell - 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland (Argyll
& Sutherland Highlanders)
Aged 24, from Clydebank, Dunbartonshire. Killed in a suicide bomb
attack on a convoy in Kabul. 4 September 2006.
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gary O'Donnell - Royal
Logistic Corps
Aged 40. From Edinburgh. Killed while trying to clear an IED in Sangin,
Helmand. 4 September 2008.
Captain
David Patten - Parachute Regiment
Aged 38. From Aghadowey, near Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Killed by a rocket-propelled
grenade that destroyed their vehicle, while on an operation near
Sangin. 27 June 2006.
Trooper
Robert Pearson - Queens Royal Lancers
Aged 22. From Grimsby. Killed when his vehicle hit a mine. 21 April
2008.
Captain
Jim Philippson - 7 Parachute Regiment, Royal
Horse Artillery
Aged 29. from St. Albans,
Hertfordshire. Killed 11 June 2006 when a
patrol was attacked in Helmand Province.
Corporal Kumar Pun - 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles
Aged 31. From Parbat, Nepal. Killed by a suicide bomber in Gereshk,
Helmand. 7 May 2009.
Rifleman Yubraj Rai - 2nd Battalion Royal
Gurkha Rifles
Aged 28. From Khotang, Nepal. Died of a gunshot wound while on
operation in Musa Qala, Helmand, 4 November 2008.
Private Jason Rawstron - 2nd
Battalion The Parachute Regiment
Aged 23. From Clayton-Le-Moors, Lancashire. Shot during a firefight
with enemy in Kajaki area, Helmand, 12 September 2008.
Corporal Sean Robert Reeve -
Special Air Service Regiment
Aged 28. From Brighton. Killed when vehicle hit by an explosion in
Lashkar Gah, 17 June 2008.
Sergeant Ben Ross - 173 Provost Company, 3rd Regiment, Royal
Military Police
Aged 39. From Bangor, Gwynedd. Killed by a suicide bomber in Gereshk,
Helmand. 7 May 2009.
Sapper Jordan Rossi - 38 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
Aged 22. From Baildon, West Yorkshire. Killed by an explosion while on
patrol, Sangin area, Helmand. 23 May 2009.
Lance-Corporal Kenneth Rowe - Royal
Army Veterinary Corps (attached 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment)
Aged 24. From Newcastle. Killed while on patrol in Sangin area,
Helmand, 24 July 2008.
Corporal Lee Scott - 2nd
Royal Tank Regiment
Aged 26. Killed in an explosion near Nad-e-Ali, Helmand
Province. 10 July 2009.
Rifleman Adrian Sheldon - 2nd Battalion The Rifles
Aged 25. From Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Killed by an
explosion in Sangin area, Helmand. 7 May 2009.
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Dan Shirley - 13 Air
Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Regiment
Aged 32. From Leicester. Killed when vehicle overturned while on patrol
in Helmand, 27 June 2008.
Rifleman Daniel Simpson - 2nd
Battalion The Rifles
Aged 20. Killed in an explosion near Sangin, Helmand Province.
10 July 2009.
Marine Darren Smith - X-Ray Company,
45 Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 27. From Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Killed while on patrol South west of Sangin. 14 February 2009.
Warrant Officer
Class 2 Michael
Smith - 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
Aged 39. From Liverpool. Died of wounds
sustained when a grenade was fired at the UK base in Sangin, Helmand
Province. 8 March 2007.
Corporal Graeme
Stiff - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (serving
with the Queen's Dragoon Guards)
Aged 24. From Grimsby. Killed when a vehicle was hit by an explosion in
Garmsir area. 15 March 2009.
Paul Stout - Special Air Service
Regiment
Aged 31. Killed by an explosion in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, 17 June 2008.
Fusilier Petero Suesue - 2nd Battalion, Royal
Regiment of Fusiliers
Aged 28. From Hounslow, London. Killed while on foot patrol in
Sangin area, Helmand. 22 May 2009.
Marine Scott Summers - 42
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 23. From Crawley,
East Sussex.
Died from injuries after a road traffic accident (4 February) in
Helmand province, 21 February 2007.
Flight-Lieutenant Steven Swarbrick - 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed in
Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Lance-Corporal
Sean Tansey - Household Cavalry Regiment
Aged 26. From Newcastle. Died in an accident at his base in Helmand
Province. 12 August 2006.
Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher - 2nd Battalion The Rifles
Aged 19. From Reading. Killed by an explosion while on patrol near
Gereshk, Helmand. 2 June 2009.
Senior
Aircraftman Gary Thompson - Royal Auxiliary Airforce
Regiment
Aged 51. From Nottingham. Killed by an explosion while on foot patrol
at Kandahar. 13 April 2008.
James
Thompson - Special Air Service Regiment
Aged 22. From Whitley Bay. Killed while on foot patrol in Musa Qala. 19
May 2008.
Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Aged 39. From Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. Killed by an IED in Lashkar Gah
area, Helmand. 1 July 2009.
Lieutenant
John Thornton - 40 Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 22. From Ferndown, Devon.
Killed by an explosion while on foot patrol at Kajaki. 30 March 2008.
Marine
Richard J Watson - 42
Commando Royal Marines
Aged 23. From Caterham,
Surrey.
Killed by small arms fire while on patrol in Now Zad, North of Helmand. 12 December 2006.
Lance-Corporal Ben Whatley - 42
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 20. From Kings Lynn. Killed while on operation in Sangin area,
Helmand, 24 December 2008.
Trooper
Christopher Whiteside - The Light Dragoons
Killed in an explosion near Gereshk, Helmand province. 7 July 2009.
Private Joe Whittaker - 4th
Battalion Parachute Regiment (attached 2nd Battalion)
Aged 20. From Stratford-upon-Avon. Killed in a blast while checking for
mines in Upper Sangin Valley, 24 June 2008.
Marine Jonathan
Wigley - 45
Commando Royal Marines
Aged 21. From
Melton-Mowbray, Leicestershire. Died of wounds sustained during an
operation at Garmsir, southern Helmand. 5 December 2006.
Sergeant Dave Wilkinson - 19 Regiment Royal Artillery
Aged 33. From Ashford, Kent. Killed
when his vehicle was blown up at Gereshk, Helmand province. 1 July 2007.
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Michael Williams - 4th
Battalion Parachute Regiment (attached 2nd Battalion)
Aged 40. From Cardiff. Killed in a firefight with the enemy in Upper
Sangin Valley, 24 June 2008.
Marine Joseph David Windall - Royal
Marines
Killed when a Nimrod MR2 crashed
in Afghanistan. 2 September 2006.
Corporal Danny Winter - 45 Commando,
Royal Marines
Aged 28. From Stockport. Killed by an
explosion while on operation in Helmand province. 14 January 2009.
Private
Damian Wright - 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters
and Foresters)
Aged 23. From Mansfield. Killed in an explosion while on patrol in
Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan. 5 September 2007.
Marine Gary Wright - 45
Commando, Royal Marines
Aged 22. From Glasgow. Died from injuries sustained when a
suicide-bomber detonated next to his vehicle in
Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province. 19 October 2006.
Drummer
Thomas Wright -
1st Battalion The Worcestershire and
Sherwood
Foresters Regiment
Aged 21. From Ripley, Derbyshire.
Killed near Lashkar Gah in
Helmand province, 24 June 2007.
Corporal Mark William Wright - 3rd
Battalion The Parachute Regiment
Aged 27. From Edinburgh. Killed by a mine during a routine patrol in
Kajaki, Helmand Province, 6th September 2006.