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Casualties in Iraq 2003 - 2006

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2006

Name

Age

Unit

Hometown

Killed

graham_hesketh

Sgt. Graham Hesketh
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35

2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

 Liverpool,
England

Died of injuries sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle on a routine security patrol in Basra, Iraq, on December 28, 2006

Unknown solider

Sgt. Jonathan Hollingsworth
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N/A

3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

United
Kingdom

Died of gunshot wounds sustained during a planned search and detention operation in Basra, Iraq, on November 24, 2006

sharron_elliott

Staff Sgt. Sharron Elliott
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34

Intelligence Corps

 Ipswich,
England

One of four British military personnel killed when a homemade bomb mounted on a bridge over the Shatt Al Arab River exploded near their patrol boat in Basra, Iraq, on November 12, 2006

lee_hopkins

Warrant Officer Class 2 Lee Hopkins
Flag UK05

35

Royal Corps of Signals

Wellingborough, England

One of four British military personnel killed when a homemade bomb mounted on a bridge over the Shatt Al Arab River exploded near their patrol boat in Basra, Iraq, on November 12, 2006

jason_hylton

Marine Jason Hylton
Flag UK05

33

Raiding Troop, 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines

 Burton-on-Trent,
England

One of four British military personnel killed when a homemade bomb mounted on a bridge over the Shatt Al Arab River exploded near their patrol boa in Basra, Iraq, on November 12, 2006

ben_nowak

Cpl. Ben Nowak
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27

45 Commando Royal Marines

 Liverpool,
England

One of four British military personnel killed when a homemade bomb mounted on a bridge over the Shatt Al Arab River exploded near their patrol boat in Basra, Iraq, on November 12, 2006

jamie_hancock

Kingsman Jamie Hancock
Flag UK05

19

2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

 Wigan,
 Lancashire,
England

Died as a result of injuries sustained when he came under small-arms fire while on sentry duty at a coalition forces base in central Basra, Iraq, on November 6, 2006

tom_tanswell

Lt. Tom Tanswell
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27

58 (Eyre's) Battery, 12th Regiment Royal Artillery

London,
 England

Died as a result of injuries sustained when his Snatch Land Rover collided with a civilian vehicle near Shaibah Logistics Base, southwest of Basra, Iraq, on October 27, 2006

dennis_brady

Lance Cpl. Dennis Brady
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37

Royal Army Medical Corps Regular Reservist attached to 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry

Barrow-in-Furness, England

Killed when a mortar round struck his base in northern Basra, Iraq, on October 1, 2006

lee_thornton

Gunner Lee Darren Thornton
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22

58 (Eyre's) Battery, 12th Regiment Royal Artillery

   Blackpool,   
Lancashire, 
England

Died on September 7, 2006, of injuries sustained two days earlier from a single gunshot wound while on patrol in the town of Al Qurna, north of Basra, Iraq

stephen_wright

Gunner Stephen Robert Wright
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20

58 (Eyre's) Battery, 12 Regiment Royal Artillery

 Leyland, 
 Lancashire,
England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their Land Rover outside the town of Ad Dayr, north of Basra, Iraq, on September 4, 2006

matthew_cornish

Cpl. Matthew Cornish
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29

1st Battalion, The Light Infantry

Yorkshire,
England

Died at Shaibah Logistics Base of wounds sustained in a mortar attack on a Multi-National Force base in Basra, Iraq, on August 1, 2006

john_cosby

Cpl. John J. Cosby
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28

1st Battalion, The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry

Exeter,
England

Died of gunshot wounds received when his unit came under small-arms fire during an operation to apprehend a terrorist leader and accomplice in a suburb of North Basra, Iraq, on July 16, 2006

tom_mildinhall

Lt. Tom Mildinhall
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26

A Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry)

Battersea,
London,
England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his armored Land Rover while on patrol in support of Iraqi security forces in Basra, Iraq,
on May 28, 2006

paul_farrelly

Lance Cpl. Paul Farrelly
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27

A Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry)

Runcorn,
 England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his armored Land Rover while on patrol in support of Iraqi security forces in Basra, Iraq,
on May 28, 2006

adam_morris

Pvt. Adam Morris
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19

2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment

Leicester,
England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Basra City, Iraq, on May 13, 2006

darren_chapman

Lt. Commander Darren Chapman
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40

Royal Navy

 Yeovilton,
 Somerset,
England

Killed along with three British servicemen and one service woman when their Lynx helicopter was brought down by an apparent rocket strike in Basra, Iraq, on May 6, 2006

paul_collins

Marine Paul Collins
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21

Air Door Gunner with 847 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton

 Dawlish,
Devon,
 England

Killed along with three British servicemen and one service woman when their Lynx helicopter was brought down by an apparent rocket strike in Basra, Iraq, on May 6, 2006

john_coxen

Wing Commander John Coxen
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47

Royal Air Force

 Liverpool,
England

Killed along with three British servicemen and one service woman when their Lynx helicopter was brought down by an apparent rocket strike in Basra, Iraq, on May 6, 2006

david_dobson

Capt. David Dobson
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27

Army Air Corps

Somerset,
 England.

Killed along with three British servicemen and one service woman when their Lynx helicopter was brought down by an apparent rocket strike in Basra, Iraq, on May 6, 2006

sarah_mulvihill

Flight Lt.
Sarah Mulvihill
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32

Royal Air Force

 Canterbury,
England

Killed along with four British servicemen when their Lynx helicopter was brought down by an apparent rocket strike in Basra, Iraq, on May 6, 2006. The first British servicewoman to die in action

richard_palmer

Lt. Richard Palmer
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27

D Squadron, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

 Ware,
  Hertfordshire,
England

Killed when a roadside bomb exploded during a joint patrol with the Iraqi Army near Ad Dayr, Iraq, on April 15, 2006

carl_smith

Trooper Carl Smith
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23

B Squadron, 9th/12th Royal Lancers Regiment

 Kettering,
England

Died in a vehicle accident while on operations in Abu Al Khasib, south of Basra, Iraq, on February 2, 2006

richard_holmes

Capt. Richard Holmes
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28

Company D, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

 Winchester,
Hampshire,
England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a routine patrol in Amarah, Iraq, on March 1, 2006

lee_ellis

Pvt. Lee Ellis
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23

Company D, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

  Wythenshawe,
 Manchester,
England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a routine patrol in Amarah, Iraq, on March 1, 2006

gordon_pritchard

Cpl. Gordon Alexander Pritchard
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31

C Squadron, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

 Edinburgh,
Scotland

Died from injuries sustained when a roadside bomb exploded near the lead armored Land Rover in a three-vehicle convoy on a routine rations and water run in Umm Qasr, Iraq, on January 31, 2006

allan_douglas

Lance Cpl. Allan Stewart Douglas
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22

Company D, 1st Battalion, The Highlanders, 7th Armoured Brigade

 Aberdeen,
Scotland

Shot while on a routine patrol in Amarah, Iraq, he later died of his wounds on
January 30, 2006


2005


Name


Age


Unit


Hometown


Killed

john_jones

Sgt. John Jones
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31

1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

 Birmingham,
England

Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near the patrol he was commanding in Basra, Iraq, on November 20, 2005

chris_hickey

Sgt. Chris Hickey
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30

1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards

 Bradford,
 West Yorkshire,
England

Died of injuries received when a roadside bomb exploded while on patrol in Basra, Iraq, on October 18, 2005

Unknown solider32

Capt. Ken Masters
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40

61 Section, Special Investigation Branch, Royal Military Police

England

The body of Capt. Masters was found "in his accommodation" in Waterloo Lines, Basra, Iraq, on October 15, 2005, according to the British Ministry of Defense.

matthew_bacon

Maj. Matthew Bacon
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34

Headquarters, Multi-National Division (South East)

London,
 England

Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his armored Snatch Land Rover in Basra, Iraq, on September 11, 2005

Unknown solider32

Fusilier Donal Anthony Meade
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22

Company C, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

 Erith, Kent,
England

One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle during a patrol near Az Zubayr, Iraq, on September 5, 2005

phillip_hewett

Pvt. Phillip Hewett
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21

Company C, 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment

Tamworth,
England

One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to their armored Land Rover in Amarah, Iraq,
on July 16, 2005

richard_shearer

2nd Lt. Richard Shearer
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26

Company C, 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment

 Nuneaton,
England

One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to their armored Land Rover in Amarah, Iraq,
on July 16, 2005

leon_spicer

Pvt. Leon Spicer
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26

Company C, 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment

 Tamworth,
England

One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to their armored Land Rover in Amarah, Iraq,
on July 16, 2005

paul_didsbury

Signaller Paul William Didsbury
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18

21st Signal Regiment (Air Support)

 Blackpool,
England

Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Basra, Iraq, on June 29, 2005

alan_brackenbury

Lance Cpl. Alan Brackenbury
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21

A Squadron, The King's Royal Hussars

East Riding,
Yorkshire,
England

Killed when a roadside bomb struck a British military convoy traveling south of Amarah, Iraq, in the early hours of May 29, 2005

anthony_wakefield

Guardsman Anthony John Wakefield
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24

1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards

Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
England

Killed when a roadside bomb
exploded during a patrol in Amarah, Iraq,
 on May 2, 2005

mark_dobson

Pvt. Mark Stephen Dobson
Flag UK05

41

B (Green Howards) Company, The Tyne-Tees Regiment, British Territorial Army

County Durham,
England

Dobson was found dead of a non-hostile cause in his quarters at Basra Air Station in Basra, Iraq, on March 28, 2005.

richard_brown

Chief Technician Richard Brown
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40

Engineering Wing,
Royal Air Force

England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

mark_gibson

Flight Sgt. Mark Gibson
Flag __Wales sized

34

47 Squadron,
Royal Air Force

Cardiff,
Wales

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

steve_jones

Acting Lance Cpl. Steven Jones
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25

Royal Signals,
Royal Army

 Fareham,
 Hampshire,
England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

patrick_marshall

Squadron Leader Patrick Brian Marshall
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39

Headquarters, Strike Command, Royal Air Force

England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

gary_nicholson

Master Engineer Gary Nicholson
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42

47 Squadron,
Royal Air Force

Hull,
England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

robert_oconnor

Sgt. Robert O'Connor
Flag UK05

38

Engineering Wing,
Royal Air Force

England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

andrew_smith

Flight Lt. Andrew Paul Smith
Flag UK05

25

47 Squadron,
Royal Air Force

 Cleethorpes,
Lincolnshire,
England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

david_stead

Flight Lt. David Kevin Stead
Flag UK05

35

47 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Burley-in
-Wharfedale,
West Yorkshire,
England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

david_williams

Cpl. David Williams
Flag UK05

37

Engineering Wing,
Royal Air Force

England

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005

paul_pardoel

Flight Lt. Paul Martin Pardoel
Flag__Australia sized

35

47 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Ballarat,
Victoria,
 Australia

Died when a Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed during a flight from Baghdad International Airport to Balad Air Base, on January 30, 2005


2004


Name


Age


Unit


Hometown


Killed

Unknown solider32

Sgt. Paul Connolly
Flag UK05

33

21 Engineer Regiment, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

 Crawley,
 West Sussex,
England

Connolly was found dead from a gunshot wound at Shaibah Logistic Base in southern Iraq on December 26, 2004. The UK Ministry of Defense said the initial inquiry into his death did not indicate hostile action or other suspicious circumstances.

Unknown solider32

Pvt. Pita Tukutukuwaqa
Flag__Fiji sized
 

27

1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Fiji

Killed when a Warrior armored vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb north of Camp Dogwood, Iraq, on November 8, 2004

stuart_gray

Sgt. Stuart Robert Tennant Gray
Flag__Scotland sized

31

Company D, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Dunfermline,
Fife,
 Scotland

Killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a vehicle checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2004

paul_lowe

Pvt. Paul Aitken Lowe
Flag__Scotland sized

19

Company D, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Fife,
Scotland

Killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a vehicle checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2004

scott_mcardle

Pvt. Scott William McArdle
Flag__Scotland sized

22

Company D, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

 Glenrothes,
Scotland

Killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a vehicle checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2004

denise_rose

Staff Sgt. Denise Michelle Rose
Flag UK05

34

Special Investigation Branch, Royal Military Police

Liverpool,
England

Found dead from a gunshot wound at the British Army base in the Shatt-al-Arab Hotel in Basra, Iraq,  October 31, 2004. The incident is being investigated but is not thought to have been the result of hostile action.

kevin_mchale

Pvt. Kevin Thomas McHale
Flag__Scotland sized

27

1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Lochgelly,
Fife,
Scotland

Died in a road traffic accident in North Babil Province, Iraq, on October 29, 2004

Unknown solider32

Gunner David Lawrence
Flag UK05

25

B Battery, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery

Walsall,
West Midlands, England

Killed in an ambush of British military vehicles that were escorting visitors to a new housing project on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq, on September 28, 2004

marc_taylor

Cpl. Marc Taylor
Flag UK05

27

B Battery, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

Ellesmere Port,
Cheshire,
England

Killed in an ambush of British military vehicles that were escorting visitors to a new housing project on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq, on September 28, 2004

steve_jones02

Fusilier Stephen Jones
Flag-wales02

22

Company A, 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers

Denbeigh,
Wales

Died in a traffic accident south of Amarah, Iraq, on September 10, 2004

paul_thomas

Lance Cpl. Paul David Trevor Thomas
Flag-wales

29

2nd Battalion,
The Light Infantry

Welshpool,
Wales

Killed in action in Basra, Iraq,
on August 17, 2004

marc_ferns

Pvt. Marc Ferns
Flag__Scotland sized

21

1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Glenrothes,
Fife,
Scotland

Killed in an improvised explosive device attack in Basra, Iraq, on August 12, 2004

lee_ocallaghan

Pvt. Lee Martin O'Callaghan
Flag UK05

20

1st Battalion The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment

London,
England

Killed when British Army vehicles came under fire from insurgents in Basra, Iraq, on the afternoon of August 9, 2004

christopher_rayment

Pvt. Christopher Gordon Rayment
Flag UK05

22

1st Battalion The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment

London,
England

Died in an non-hostile accident at al Amara, Iraq, on August 4, 2004

Unknown solider32

Flight Lt. Kristian Michel Alexander Gover
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