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431 British Soldiers and counting…

21 Friday Sep 2012

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Capt James Townley

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A soldier killed in Afghanistan has been named as Capt James Townley of the Corps of Royal Engineers. died in Helmand province on Friday – the day before his 30th birthday – in a shooting incident not thought to be the result of hostile action.

His death brings the number of British military deaths since operations began in Afghanistan in 2001 to 431.

Of the 342 coalition soldiers who have lost their lives this year, 257 come from the US with the UK the next highest with 37.

A total of 3,189 Nato soldiers have died since the conflict began in 2001, with the US losing 2,121 in the Af-Pak region.

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Three Nato Soldiers killed on Sunday were British

02 Monday Jul 2012

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Three British soldiers have been killed by a policeman in southern Afghanistan.

The MoD said the soldiers were shot and fatally wounded on Sunday as they left a checkpoint in Helmand province. The gunman was injured and later detained.

The MoD said two served with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and one with the Royal Corps of Signals. Next of kin have been informed.

422 British soldiers have now lost their lives in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.

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418th British Soldier to Fall was ‘protecting colleagues’

14 Thursday Jun 2012

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The 418th soldier to die in Afghanistan has been named as L/Cpl James Ashworth, 23, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, from Kettering, Northamptonshire.

His commanding officer said L/Cpl Ashworth had died trying to protect his colleagues.

Capt Mike Dobbin, commander of Reconnaissance Platoon, Nijmegen Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, said:

“He was killed while fighting his way through compounds; leading his fire team from the front, whilst trying to protect his men and he showed extraordinary courage to close on a determined enemy. His professionalism under pressure and ability to remain calm in what was a chaotic situation is testament to his character.

“L/Cpl Ashworth was a pleasure to command and I will sorely miss his calming influence on the battlefield. Softly spoken, he stepped up to every task thrown in his direction.

Fallen Six are Named

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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Clockwise from top left: Pte Wade, Pte Wilford, Pte Frampton, Pte Kershaw, Cpl Hartley and Sgt Coupe
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.

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404 British Soldiers and counting…

07 Wednesday Mar 2012

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KANDAHAR – Six British soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan after their vehicle was hit by an explosion, taking the total past 400 to 404. Five of soldiers were from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment had been on patrol in Kandahar province on Tuesday, the MoD confirmed.  Their families have been told.

This is the biggest single loss of UK life at one time in Afghanistan since a Nimrod crash killed 14 in 2006.

The MoD said the six soldiers were on a security patrol in a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle when it was caught in an explosion in Kandahar province. They had been travelling as part of a two Warrior patrol when the vehicle was hit at the junction of a road travelling east from Gereshk and another heading north to Lashkar Gah, the MoD said.

Most of the 9,500 UK troops in Afghanistan are expected to be withdrawn by the end of 2014. The last British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan was Senior Aircraftman Ryan Tomlin, of 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, who died from gunshot wounds in Helmand on 13 February.

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No one helped my son cope with horror of Afghanistan

01 Thursday Mar 2012

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‘No one helped my son cope with horror of Afghanistan’
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Yesterday, the Ministry of Defence announced the passing of another British soldier in the death trap that is Helmand Province.

If the bloodshed continues at its current rate,  the figure will by the end of the year reach the grim milestone of 400.

Even though the people of  Wootton Basset have made sure that the repatriations are not forgotten, there is a danger that this death and the ones leading up to the four hundredth may pass almost without notice, such is the depressing familiarity of news of each new life lost. That they are doing their duty, is without doubt, however, what those of us in ‘civi-street’ appear not to be asking is why the need – what is Britain doing deploying the second biggest contingent of troops to a war where her contribution is symbollic, just as it was in Iraq, where British soldiers openly said that this was ‘America’s show.’

And just as importantly, how much longer will it…

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