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Iraq and Afghanistan: Military Casualties

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The MoD is committed to openly publishing statistics on the number of service casualties on operations. Information on military personnel casualties and fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan is published on the MoD website (www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets). Casualty data on the MoD website are updated on a two weekly basis, two weeks in arrears, with the fatality data updated following incidents in line with the next of kin informing process. Between 28 May 2006 and 24 April 2007 the following British service personnel died (from any cause) in Iraq:

Name	Age	Regiment
Kingsman Alan Jones	20	2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 Lancs)
Corporal Ben Leaning	24	Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL)
Trooper Kristen Turton	27	QRL
Colour Sergeant M L Powell	37	Parachute Regiment (PARA)
Sergeant Mark J McLaren	27	Royal Air Force (RAF)
Second Lieutenant Joanna Yorke Dyer	24	Intelligence Corps (Int Corps)
Corporal Kris O'Neill	27	Royal Army Medical Corps
Private Eleanor Dlugosz	19	Royal Army Medical Corps
Kingsman Adam James Smith	19	2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 Lancs)
Rifleman Aaron Lincoln	18	2nd Battalion, The Rifles (2 Rifles)
Kingsman Danny John Wilson	28	2 Lancs
Private Jonathon Dany Wysoczan	21	1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment (1 Staffs)
Rifleman Daniel Lee Coffey	21	2 Rifles
Private Luke Daniel Simpson	21	1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (1 Yorks)
Second Lieutenant Jonathan Bracho-Cooke	24	2 Lancs
Private Michael Tench	18	2nd Battalion The Light Infantry (2 LI)
Kingsman Alexander William Green	21	2 Lancs
Sergeant Wayne Rees	36	QRL
Sergeant Graham Hesketh	35	2 Lancs
Sergeant Jonathan Hollingsworth	35	PARA
Warrant Officer Class 2 Lee Hopkins	35	Royal Corps of Signals (Signals)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott	34	Int Corps
Corporal Ben Nowak	27	45 Commando Royal Marines
Marine Jason Hylton	33	539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines
Kingsman Jamie Lee Hancock	19	2 Lancs
Lieutenant Tom Tanswell	27	12 Regiment Royal Artillery (12 Regt RA)
Lance Corporal Dennis Brady	37	Royal Army Medical Corps
Gunner Lee Thornton	22	12 Regt RA
Gunner Stephen Robert Wright	20	12 Regt RA
Corporal Matthew Cornish	29	1st Battalion the Light Infantry (1 LI)
Corporal John Johnston Cosby	28	1st Battalion The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry (1 DDLI)
Lieutenant Tom Mildinhall	26	Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG)
Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly	27	QDG

No civilian UK government officials died in Iraq in this period. UK consular records show that 17 British civilians died (from any cause) in Iraq in this period. This figure can not be considered definitive as records include only those cases where consular assistance has been sought. The figure does not include British dual nationals or unrepresented foreign nationals. For reasons of confidentiality we are unable to release specific details of these consular cases. Between 28 May 2006 (inclusive) and midday 23 April 2007 the following British service personnel died in Afghanistan:

Name	Age	Regiment
Private Chris Gray	19	1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (1 RANGLIAN)
WO2 Michael Smith	39	29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
Marine Benjamin Reddy	22	42 Commando Royal Marines
Lance Bombardier Liam McLaughlin	21	29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
Marine Scott Summers	23	42 Commando Royal Marines
Marine Jonathan Holland	23	45 Commando Royal Marines
Lance Corporal Mathew Ford	30	45 Commando Royal Marines
Marine Thomas Curry	21	42 Commando Royal Marines
Lance Bombardier James Dwyer	22	29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
Marine Richard J Watson	23	42 Commando Royal Marines
Marine Jonathan Wigley	21	45 Commando Royal Marines
Marine Gary Wright	22	45 Commando Royal Marines
Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead	29	1 Royal Irish (1 RIRISH)
Lance Corporal Luke McCulloch	21	1 RIRISH
Corporal Mark William Wright	27	PARA
Private Craig O'Donnell	24	5th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS)
Flight Lieutenant Steven Johnson	38	RAF
Flight Lieutenant Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore	28	RAF
Flight Lieutenant Gareth Rodney Nicholas	40	RAF
Flight Lieutenant Allan James Squires	39	RAF
Flight Lieutenant Steven Swarbrick	28	RAF
Flight Sergeant Gary Wayne Andrews	48	RAF
Flight Sergeant Stephen Beattie	42	RAF
Flight Sergeant Gerard Martin Bell.	48	RAF
Flight Sergeant Adrian Davies	49	RAF
Sergeant Benjamin James Knight	25	RAF
Sergeant John Joseph Langton	29	RAF
Sergeant Gary Paul Quilliam	42	RAF
Corporal Oliver Simon Dicketts	27	PARA
Marine Joseph David Windall	22	Royal Marines
Lance Corporal Jonathan Peter Hetherington	22	14 Signal Regiment
Corporal Bryan James Budd	29	3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA)
Lance Corporal Sean Tansey	26	The Life Guards
Private Leigh Reeves	25	Royal Logistics Corps
Private Andrew Barrie Cutts	19	AIR Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps
Captain Alex Eida	29	Royal Horse Artillery
Second Lieutenant Ralph Johnson	24	Household Cavalry Regiment
Lance Corporal Ross Nicholls	27	Blues and Royals
Private Damien Jackson	19	3 PARA
Corporal Peter Thorpe	27	Royal Signals
Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi	24	Int Corps
Captain David Patten	39	PARA
Sergeant Paul Bartlett	35	Royal Marines
Captain Jim Philippson	29	7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

No civilian UK government officials died in Afghanistan in this period. UK consular records show that no British civilians died (from any cause) in Afghanistan in this period. This figure cannot be considered definitive as records include only those cases where consular assistance has been sought. The figure does not include British dual nationals or unrepresented foreign nationals.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3242; 691 c216-9WA

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Armed forces Death British nationality Casualties Civilians Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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