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Written question asked by Lord De Mauley (Conservative) on Monday, 21 November 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2022. It was answered by Baroness Goldie (Conservative) on Monday, 5 December 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Afghanistan and Iraq: Reserve Forces

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many reservists have died on operations in (1) Iraq, and (2) Afghanistan, since 2000, broken down by service.

Answer

The requested information is provided in the following table:

UK Armed Forces Reservist deaths as a result of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, numbers, 1 January 2000 to 20 November 2022

Conflict

Iraq1

Afghanistan2

ALL

8

24

Royal Navy

0

0

Royal Marines

0

1

Army

7

22

RAF

1

1

Source: Defence Statistics Health

  1. Includes deaths on Op TELIC and Op SHADER.
  2. Includes deaths on Op VERITAS, Op HERRICK and Op TORAL.

Information on deaths as a result of operations is regularly published in the Official Statistic on UK Armed Forces operational deaths post World War Two: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-operational-deaths-post-world-war-2-2022. The latest update was published on 31 March 2022 (as of 28 February 2022).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3592
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Death Iraq Reserve forces Afghanistan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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