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Written question asked by Ann Winterton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 May 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 May 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 6 June 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army personnel are listed among the hostile military deaths in Iraq; and how many died following incidents involving (a) Land Rovers, (b) other light or non-armoured vehicles and (c) no vehicles.
Answer

A total of 87 United Kingdom military personnel have died on Operation TELIC (of whom 65 were Army personnel), 49 of whom were killed in action (40 Army), 12 of the remaining 38 died in vehicle related accidents (all of whom were Army personnel).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
434 c244-5W;434 c246-7W; 383
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Armed forces Death Casualties Iraq Peacekeeping operations Vehicles