Written question asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Monday, 3 July 2006.
Iraq and Afghanistan: Military Casualties
- Question
- Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Drayson on 12 June (HL6043), whether they will publish in the Official Report the names, ages and, where appropriate, the regiments of all military and civilian British nationals who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since the commencement of the recent conflicts in those countries.
- Answer
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The names, ages and, where appropriate, regiments of all UK defence personnel who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan up to 23 June can be found in the table below in date order, with the most recent being listed first.
Name, Age and Regiment Date Operations in Iraq Lieutenant Tom Mildinhall, 26, of the Queen's Dragoon Guards 28 May 2006 Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly, 27, of the Queen's Dragoon Guards 28 May 2006 Private Joseva Lewaicei, 25, of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment 13 May 2006 Private Adam Morris, 19, of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment 13 May 2006 Wing Commander John Coxen, 46, of the Royal Air Force 6 May 2006 Lieutenant Commander Darren Chapman, 40, of the Royal Navy 6 May 2006 Captain David Dobson, 27, of the Army Air Corps 6 May 2006 Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill, 32, of the Royal Air Force 6 May 2006 Marine Paul Collins, 21, of the Royal Marines 6 May 2006 Lieutenant Richard Palmer, 27, of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 15 April 2006 Captain Richard Holmes, 29, of the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 28 February 2006 Private Lee Ellis, 23, of the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 28 February 2006 Trooper Carl Smith, 23, of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’) 2 February 2006 Corporal Gordon Alexander Pritchard, 31, of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 31 January 2006 Lance Corporal Allan Douglas, 22, of the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons andCamerons) 30 January 2006 Sergeant John Jones, 31, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 20 November 2005 Sergeant Chris Hickey, 30, of the 1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards 18 October 2005 Captain Ken Masters, 40, of the Royal Military Police 15 October 2005 Major Matthew Bacon, 34, of the Intelligence Corps 11 September 2005 Fusilier Donal Anthony Meade 20 of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment ofFusiliers 5 September 2005 Fusilier Stephen Robert Manning, 22, of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment ofFusiliers 5 September 2005 2 Lieutenant Richard Shearer, 26, of the 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment 16 July 2005 Private Leon Spicer, 26, of the 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment 16 July 2005 Private Phillip Hewett, 21, of the 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment 16 July 2005 Signaller Paul William Didsbury, 18, of the Royal Signals 29 June 2005 Lance Corporal Alan Brackenbury, 21, of The King's Royal Hussars 29 May 2005 Guardsman Anthony John Wakefield, 24, of the 1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards 2 May 2005 Private Mark Dobson, 41, of the Tyne-Tees Regiment 28 March 2005 Squadron Leader Patrick Marshall, 29, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Flight Lieutenant David Stead, 35, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Flight Lieutenant Andrew Smith, 25, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel, 35, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, 42, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Chief Technician Richard Brown, 40, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson, 34, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Sergeant Robert O'Connor, 38, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Corporal David Williams, 37, of the RAF 30 January 2005 Acting Lance Corporal Steven Jones, 25, of the Royal Signals 30 January 2005 Sergeant Paul Connolly, 33, of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 26 December 2004 Private Pita Tukutukuwaqa, 27, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 8 November 2004 Sergeant Stuart Gray, 31, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 4 November 2004 Private Paul Lowe, 19, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 4 November 2004 Private Scott McArdle, 22, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 4 November 2004 Staff Sergeant Denise Rose, 34, of the Royal Military Police 31 October 2004 Private Kevin McHale, 27, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 29 October 2004 Corporal Marc Taylor, 27, of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 28 September 2004 Gunner David Lawrence, 25, of the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 28 September 2004 Fusilier Stephen Jones, 22, of The Royal Welch Fusiliers 10 September 2004 Lance Corporal Paul Thomas, 29, of the 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry 17 August 2004 Private Marc Ferns, 21, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 12 August 2004 Private Lee O'Callaghan, 20, of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales' RoyalRegiment 9 August 2004 Private Christopher Rayment, 22, of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales'Royal Regiment 4 August 2004 Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover, 30, of the RAF 19 July 2004 Fusilier Gordon Gentle, 19, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers 28 June 2004 Corporal Richard Ivell, 29, of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 12 February 2004 Sapper Robert Thomson, 22, of the Royal Engineers 31 January 2004 Rifleman Vincent Windsor, 23, of the 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry 21 January 2004 Lance Corporal Andrew Craw, 21, of the 1st Battalion, The Argyll & SutherlandHighlanders 7 January 2004 Major James Stenner, 30, of the 1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards 1 January 2004 Sergeant Norman Patterson, 28, of the 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment 1 January 2004 Private Ryan Thomas, 18, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales 6 November 2003 Corporal Ian Plank, 31, of the Royal Marines 31 October 2003 Sergeant John Nightingale, 32, a Territorial Army soldier of 217 Transport Squadron Royal Logistics Corps (RLC) (Volunteers) serving with 27 Regiment RLC 23 September 2003 Fusilier Russell Beeston, 26, a Territorial Army soldier from the 52nd LowlandRegiment (Volunteers) serving with the 1st Battalion, the King’s Own ScottishBorderers 27 August 2003 Major Matthew Titchener, 32, of the Royal Military Police 23 August 2003 Company Sergeant. Major Colin Wall, 34, of the Royal Military Police 23 August 2003 Corporal Dewi Pritchard, 35, of the Royal Military Police 23 August 2003 Captain David Jones, 29, of the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment 14 August 2003 Private Jason Smith, 32, a Territorial Army soldier from the 52nd Lowland Regiment (Volunteers) serving with the 1st Battalion, the King’s Own ScottishBorders 13 August 2003 Captain James Linton, 43, of the Royal Artillery 18 July 2003 Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell, 41, of the Royal Military Police 24 June 2003 Corporal Russell Aston, 30, of the Royal Military Police 24 June 2003 Corporal Paul Long, 24, of the Royal Military Police 24 June 2003 Corporal Simon Miller, 21, of the Royal Military Police 24 June 2003 Lance Corporal Benjamin Hyde, 23, of the Royal Military Police 24 June 2003 Lance Corporal Thomas Keys, 20, of the Royal Military Police 24 June 2003 Mr Leonard Harvey, 55, a civilian member of the Defence Fire Service 13 August 2003 Corporal David Shepherd, 34, of the RAF Police 19 May 2003 Gunner Duncan Pritchard, 22, of the RAF Regiment 8 May 2003 Private Andrew Kelly, 18, of the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 6 May 2003 Lance Corporal James McCue, 27, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 30 April 2003 Fusilier Kelan Turrington, 18, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 6 April 2003 Lance Corporal Ian Malone, 28, of the 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards 6 April 2003 Piper Christopher Muzvuru, 21, of the 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards 6 April 2003 Lance Corporal Karl Shearer, 24, of the Household Cavalry Regiment 1 April 2003 Lieutenant Alexander Tweedie, 25, the Household Cavalry Regiment 22 April 2003 Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, 32, of the Royal Logistic Corps 31 March 2003 Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley, 28, of the Royal Signals 30 March 2003 Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, of the Royal Marines 30 March 2003 Major Steve Ballard, 33, of the Royal Marines 30 March 2003 Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, 25, the Household Cavalry Regiment 28 March 2003 Corporal Stephen Allbutt, 35, of the Queen's Royal Lancers 25 March 2003 Trooper David Clarke, 19, of the Queen's Royal Lancers 25 March 2003 Lance Corporal Barry Stephen, 31, of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch 24 March 2003 Sergeant Steven Roberts, 33, of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment 24 March 2003 Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, of the Royal Engineers 23 March 2003 Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, of the Royal Engineers 23 March 2003 Flight Lieutenant Kevin Barry Main, 35, of the RAF 23 March 2003 Flight Lieutenant David Rhys Williams, 37, of the RAF 23 March 2003 Lieutenant Philip Green, 30, of the Royal Navy 22 March 2003 Lieutenant Antony King, 35, of the Royal Navy 22 March 2003 Lieutenant Marc Lawrence, 26, of the Royal Navy 22 March 2003 Lieutenant Philip West, 32, of the Royal Navy 22 March 2003 Lieutenant Andrew Wilson, 36, of the Royal Navy 22 March 2003 Lieutenant James Williams, 28, of the Royal Navy 22 March 2003 Colour Sergeant John Cecil, 35, of the Royal Marines 21 March 2003 Lance Bombardier Llywelyn Evans, 24, of the Royal Artillery 21 March 2003 Captain Philip Stuart Guy, 29, of the Royal Marines 21 March 2003 Marine Sholto Hedenskog, 26, of the Royal Marines 21 March 2003 Sergeant Les Hehir, 34, of the Royal Artillery 21 March 2003 Operator Mechanic (Communications) Second Class Ian Seymour, 29, of the Royal Navy 21 March 2003 Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, 39, of the Royal Marines 21 March 2003 Major Jason Ward, 34, of the Royal Marines 21 March 2003 Name, Age and Regiment Date Operations in Afghanistan Captain Jim Philippson, 29, of the 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 11 June 2006 Lance Corporal Peter Edward Craddock, 31, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment 27 March 2006 Corporal Mark Cridge, 25, of the Royal Signals 22 March 2006 Lance Corporal Steven Sherwood, 23, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry 29 October 2005 Private Jonathan Kitulagoda, 23, of the Rifle Volunteers 28 January 2004 Sergeant Robert Busuttil, 30, of the Royal Logistics Corps 17 August 2002 Corporal John Gregory, 30, of the Royal Logistics Corps 17 August 2002 Private Darren John George, 22, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment 9 April 2002 We know of some 40 British civilians that have died in Iraq since March 2003 and four have died in Afghanistan since March 2004. These numbers include deaths from natural causes but are not definitive figures as records include only those where consular assistance has been sought. The figures do not include British dual nationals.
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- Armed forces Armed conflict British nationality Casualties Civilians Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan Iraq conflict
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