The Six Servicemen killed yesterday by a roadside bomb have been named by the Ministry of Defence. They are: Cpl Jake Hartley, 20, Pte Anthony Frampton, 20, and Pte Christopher Kershaw, 19, Pte Daniel Wade, 20, Pte Daniel Wilford, 21, and Sgt Nigel Coupe, 33.
The men were killed when their Warrior armoured vehicle was hit.
Yorkshire Regiment commanding officer, Lt Col Zac Stenning, paid tribute to his “incredibly brave men”.
Five of the men were from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.
Both Pte Wilford and Pte Frampton came from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, Cpl Hartley was from nearby Dewsbury and Pte Kershaw came from Bradford. Pte Wade was from Warrington in Cheshire.
Sgt Coupe, from St Annes in Lancashire, was on secondment to the regiment from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment.
