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Iraq and Afghanistan: Military Casualties

Volume 691: debated on Wednesday 2 May 2007

asked Her Majesty's Government:

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 28 May 2006. [HL3242]

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 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. 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.