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.