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The number of UK troops killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 stands at 132 after four Royal
Marines were killed in two separate explosions on 12 December.

Of all those killed, 27 died from accidents, illness, or non-combat injuries, according to the Ministry of Defence.
Details of fatalities are in the table below. The entries are arranged by date, with the most recent at the top.

BRITISH FATALITIES: The table can be re-ordered by clicking on any of the column headings
NAME	RANK	AGE	FROM	SERVED WITH	INCIDENT	PLACE	DATE
Davies, Damian	Marine	27	Shropshire Telford	Royal Marines Commando Logistics Regiment	Explosion Killed in explosion caused by 13-year-old suspected suicide bomber Full story	Helmand Sangin, south of	12/12/08
Manuel, John	Sgt	38	Tyne and Wear Gateshead	Royal Marines 45 Commando	Explosion Killed in explosion caused by 13-year-old suspected suicide bomber Full story	Helmand Sangin, south of	12/12/08
Birch, Marc	Cpl	26	Northampton-shire Kingsthorpe	Royal Marines 45 Commando	Explosion Killed in explosion caused by 13-year-old suspected suicide bomber Full story	Helmand Sangin, south of	12/12/08
Fellows, Steven	L/Cpl	26	Bucks High Wycombe	Royal Marines 45 Commando	Explosion Killed in explosion while on patrol in Jackal armoured vehicle Full story	Helmand Sangin area	12/12/08
Sparks, Georgie	Marine	19	Essex Epping	Royal Marines 42 Commando	Enemy fire Attacked with rocket-propelled grenades while on the roof of a building Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	27/11/08
Evans, Tony	Marine	20	Tyne and Wear Sunderland	Royal Marines 42 Commando	Enemy fire Attacked with rocket-propelled grenades while on the roof of a building Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	27/11/08
Lucas, Alexander	Marine	24	Edinburgh	Royal Marines 45 Commando	Explosion Injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	24/11/08
Dura, Krishna- bahadur	Colour Sgt	36	Lamjung District, western Nepal	Army Royal Gurkha Rifles, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Explosion: Vehicle struck by an explosive device First fatal attack on a Warrior tank Full story	Helmand Musa Qala region	15/11/08
Dunstan, Neil	Marine	32	Bournemouth	Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade, UK Landing Force Command Support Group	Explosion: Vehicle struck by an explosive device Explosion while on joint patrol with Afghan forces Full story	Helmand Gamsir district	12/11/08
McKibben, Robert	Marine	32	Irish Republic County Mayo	Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade, UK Landing Force Command Support Group	Explosion: Vehicle struck by an explosive device Explosion while on patrol with Afghan forces Full story	Helmand Gamsir district	12/11/08
Rai, Yubraj	Rifleman	28	Nepal Khotang	Army 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles	Hostile: Shot Died from gunshot wounds while on an operation against the Taleban Full story	Helmand Musa Qala	04/11/08
Munday, James	Trooper	21	Birmingham	Army Household Cavalry Regiment, D Squadron	Hostile: Explosion Died in explosion Full story	Helmand Garmsir area	15/10/08
Mason, Nicky	L/Cpl	26	Essex Aveley	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Died when a booby-trap device was triggered while on routine patrol Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	13/09/08
Rawstron, Jason	Pte	23	Lancashire Clayton-Le-Moors	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Shot Shot during firefight with Taleban forces Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	12/09/08
O'Donnell, Gary	Warrant Officer Class 2	40	Edinburgh	Army Royal Logistic Corps	Hostile: Explosion Killed while trying to clear an improvised explosive device. Full story	Helmand Musa Qala	10/09/08
Cupples, Justin	Ranger	29	County Cavan, Ireland	Army Royal Irish Regiment, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Died when an improvised explosive device was triggered while on routine patrol Full story	Helmand Sangin	04/09/08
Dempsey, Barry	Cpl	29	Ayrshire	Army Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Regiment of Scotland	Hostile: Explosion Died after insurgents exploded a roadside bomb Full story	Helmand Gereshk	18/08/08
Bland, Wayne	Signaller	21	West Yorkshire Leeds	Army 16 Signal Regiment, Motor Transport Troop as part of Kabul Support Unit	Hostile: Suicide bomb Died after suicide bomber drove a car into a convoy. Full story	Kabul	11/08/08
Cowton, Peter	Pte	25	Hampshire Basingstoke	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Died after an explosion during a clash with Taleban fighters. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	29/07/08
Mathews, Jonathan	Sgt	35	Edinburgh	Army Royal Regiment of Scotland, 4th Battalion	Hostile: Shot Received a single gunshot wound while on foot patrol Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	28/07/08
Rowe, Kenneth	L/Cpl	24	Newcastle	Army Royal Army Veterinary Corps, attached to 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment	Hostile: Shot Came under insurgent fire while on routine patrol. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	24/07/08
Barnes, Jason	Cpl	25	Devon Exeter	Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, attached to 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment	Hostile: Explosion Vehicle hit a suspected improvised explosive device after his patrol came under enemy fire. Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	22/07/08
Johnson, James	L/Cpl	31		Army Royal Regiment of Scotland, B Company 5th Battalion	Explosion: Landmine Stepped on landmine Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	28/06/08
Shirley, Dan	Warrant Officer Class 2	32	Leicester	Army 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps	Accident: Road traffic Vehicle overturned on patrol Full story	Not released	27/06/08
Whittaker, Joe	Pte	20	Warwickshire Stratford-upon-Avon	Army Parachute Regiment, 4th Battalion (attached to 2nd Battalion)	Explosion Killed in blast while checking for mines Full story	Helmand Upper Sangin Valley	24/06/08
Williams, Michael	Warrant Officer Class 2	40	Cardiff	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Shot Firefight with Taleban Full story	Helmand Upper Sangin Valley	24/06/08
Larkin, Richard	L/Cpl	39	Worcestershire Cookley	Army Special Air Service	Explosion Vehicle caught in an explosion Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	17/06/08
Bryant, Sarah	Cpl	26	Cumbria Carlisle	Army Intelligence Corps	Explosion Vehicle caught in explosion Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	17/06/08
Reeve, Sean Robert	Cpl	28	East Sussex Brighton	Army Special Air Service	Explosion Vehicle caught in an explosion Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	17/06/08
Stout, Paul		31		Army Special Air Service	Explosion Vehicle caught in explosion Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	17/06/08
Doherty, Jeff	Pte	20	West Midlands Coventry	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Shot One of two soldiers killed after coming under fire while on patrol. Full story	Helmand Gereshk	12/06/08
Bateman, James	L/Cpl	29	Middlesex Staines	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Shot One of two soldiers killed after coming under fire while on patrol. Full story	Helmand Gereshk	12/06/08
Gamble, Daniel	Pte	22	East Sussex Uckfield	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Suicide bomb Killed in blast while patrolling on foot. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	08/06/08
Murray, David	Pte	19	Cumbria Carlisle	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Suicide bomb Killed in blast while patrolling on foot. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	08/06/08
Cuthbertson, Nathan	Pte	19	Tyne and Wear Sunderland	Army Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Suicide bomb Killed in blast while patrolling on foot. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	08/06/08
Gostick, Dale	Marine	22	Oxfordshire Oxford	Royal Marines 3 Troop Armoured Support Company	Explosion Vehicle caught in blast. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	25/05/08
Thompson, James		27	Tyne and Wear Whitley Bay	Army	Explosion Killed in blast while patrolling on foot. Full story	Helmand Musa Qala	19/05/08
Babakobau, Ratu	Trooper	29	Fiji	Army Household Cavalry Regiment	Landmine Killed after vehicle hit a landmine during a routine patrol. Full story	Helmand Nowzad	02/05/08
Pearson, Robert	Trooper	22	Lincs Grimsby	Army Queens Royal Lancers Regiment	Hostile: Landmine Killed in suspected mine explosion while travelling in convoy Full story	Not released	21/04/08
Livingstone, Graham	Senior Aircraftman	23	Strathclyde	RAF RAF Regiment	Hostile: Explosion Killed by an explosion while on patrol. Full story	Kandahar	13/04/08
Thompson, Gary	Senior Aircraftman	51	Nottingham	RAF Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment	Hostile: Explosion Killed by an explosion while on patrol. Full story	Not released	13/04/08
Thornton, John	Lt	22	Dorset Ferndown	Royal Marines 40 Commando	Hostile: Explosion Killed by an explosion while on patrol. Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	30/03/08
Marsh, David	Marine	23	South Yorkshire Sheffield	Royal Marines 40 Commando	Hostile: Explosion Killed by an explosion while on patrol. Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	30/03/08
Mulvihill, Damian	Cpl	32	Devon Plymouth	Royal Marines 40 Commando, Alpha company	Hostile: Explosion Killed by an explosion while on patrol. Full story	Helmand Sangin area	20/02/08
Lawrence, Damian	Cpl	25	North Yorkshire Scarborough	Army Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Landmine Killed after stepping on a landmine while on patrol. Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	17/02/08
Gardiner, Darryl	Cpl	25	Wiltshire Salisbury	Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Hostile: Explosion Vehicle hit by mine strike Full story	Helmand Musa Qala	20/01/08
Johnson, Lee	Sgt	33	Stockton-on-Tees	Army Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Vehicle hit by explosion, caused by suspected landmine, which also seriously injured a colleague. Full story	Helmand Musa Qala	08/12/07
Sadler, Jack	Trooper	21	Devon Exeter	Army Honourable Artillery Company, 4/73 Special Observation Battery, Brigade Reconnaissance Force	Hostile: Explosion His vehicle was hit by an explosion, which also injured two colleagues Full story	Southern Afghanistan Helmand	04/12/07
McDermid, John	Capt	43	Glasgow	Army Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Hostile: Explosion While leading a patrol his vehicle was hit by an IED, killing Capt McDermid and wounding one other. Full story	Helmand Sangin	14/11/07
Alderton, Jake	L/Cpl	22	London Bexley	Army 36 Engineer Regiment, 20 Field Squadron	Accident: Road traffic His vehicle left the road while crossing a bridge. L/Cpl Alderton was pronounced dead at the scene, two others were injured. Full story	Helmand Sangin	09/11/07
Roberts, Alexis	Major	32	Kent	Army Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Returning to base after an operation when killed by improvised explosive device. Two other soldiers injured Full story	Kandahar Near airfield base	04/10/07
Tunnicliffe, Brian	Pte	33	Derbyshire Ilkeston	Army Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), 2nd Battalion	Accident: Road traffic Died during re-supply mission when Pinzgauer vehicle came off the road and overturned Full story	Helmand Near Gereshk	20/09/07
Newman, Phillip	Colour Sgt	36	West Midlands Coventry	Army Mercian Regiment, 4th Battalion	Accident: Road traffic Died during re-supply mission when Pinzgauer vehicle came off the road and overturned Full story	Helmand Near Gereshk	20/09/07
Violino, Ivano	L/Cpl	29	Kent Maidstone	Army 36 Engineer Regiment, 20 Field Squadron	Hostile: Explosion Died in explosion while commanding a vehicle in convoy. Second soldier injured Full story	Helmand Near Gereshk	17/09/07
Botha, Johan	Pte	25	South Africa Pretoria	Army Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Shot Shot during firefight behind enemy lines when patrol came under attack Full story	Helmand Garmsir	08/09/07
Brelsford, Craig	Sgt	25	Notts Nottingham	Army Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Shot Shot during firefight trying to rescue wounded colleagues after falling behind enemy lines. One of casualties included Pte Botha, who also died Full story	Helmand Garmsir	08/09/07
Ford, Ben	Pte	18	Derbyshire Chesterfield	Army Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Explosion during fighting One of two killed during fighting with the Taleban. Civilian interpreter killed. Third soldier wounded Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	05/09/07
Wright, Damian	Pte	23	Notts Mansfield	Army Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), 2nd Battalion	Hostile: Explosion during fighting One of two killed during fighting with the Taleban. Civilian interpreter killed. Third soldier wounded Full story	Helmand Lashkar Gah	05/09/07
Bridge, Christopher	Senior Aircraftman	20	Sheffield	RAF 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment, C flight	Explosion Blast also killed a civilian interpreter and left two other servicemen injured Full story	Kandahar Airfield	30/08/07
McClure, Aaron	Pte	19	Suffolk Ipswich	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion	"Friendly fire": Air attack One of three killed when US F15 providing air support to ground troops dropped bomb Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	23/08/07
Foster, Robert	Pte	19	Essex Harlow	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion	"Friendly fire": Air attack One of three killed when US F15 providing air support to ground troops dropped bomb Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	23/08/07
Thrumble, John	Pte	21	Essex Chelmsford	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion	"Friendly fire": Air attack One of three killed when US F15 providing air support to ground troops dropped bomb Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	23/08/07
Hicks, David	Capt	26	Berkshire Wokingham	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion, C (Essex) Company	Hostile: Attack Patrol base attacked by small arms fire, rocket propelled grenades and indirect fire. Five others injured Full story	Helmand Sangin, north-east of	11/08/07
Rawson, Tony	Pte	27	Essex Dagenham	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion, C (Essex) Company	Hostile: Attack Patrol to "disrupt enemy activity" came under fire from Taleban Full story	Helmand Jusyalay, north-east of Sangin	10/08/07
Jones, Michael	L/Cpl	26	North Yorkshire Newbald	Royal Marines	Hostile: Shot Killed in gun battle with Taleban during "special mission" Full story	Not released	29/07/07
Keen, Barry	Sgt	34	County Durham Gateshead	Army Royal Corps of Signals, 14 Signal Regiment, attached to 245 Signal Squadron	Hostile: Mortar attack Killed on fourth day of operation against Taleban in Upper Gereshk Valley Full story	Helmand Mirmandab	27/07/07
Atherton, David	Guardsman	25	Manchester	Army Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion, 3 Company	Hostile: Shot Killed on third day of operation against Taleban in Upper Gereshk Valley Full story	Helmand Mirmandab	26/07/07
Hawkins, Alex	L/Cpl	22	Norfolk East Dereham	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Returning to base after routine patrol in Vector vehicle. Two other soldiers injured Full story	Helmand Sangin	25/07/07
Hickey, Daryl	Guardsman	27	Birmingham	Army Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Shot Part of team providing cover fire as platoon assaulted Taleban position Full story	Helmand Gereshk area	12/07/07
Wilkinson, Dave	Sgt	33	Kent Ashford	Army Royal Artillery, 19 Regiment, attached to Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Bomb Vehicle hit by explosion after patrol also attacked with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. Four others injured Full story	Helmand Gereshk	01/07/07
Dolan, Sean	Capt	40	Cheshire Chester	Army Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Mortar attack Part of group "observing a substantial force of Taleban fighters" when attack was launched Full story	Helmand Qaleh-e-Gaz, Sangin Valley	30/06/07
Wright, Thomas	Drummer	21	Derbyshire Ripley	Army Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Part of group in armoured snatch Land Rover, surveying "site for a new road project"	Helmand Lashkar Gah, Babaji area	24/06/07
Downes, Neil	Guardsman	20	Manchester	Army Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Ambush Died after Land Rover hit by explosion during patrol with the Afghan National Army Full story	Helmand Sangin	09/06/07
Sandford, Paul	L/Cpl	23	Notts Nottingham	Army Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Shot Shot while on patrol with his company clearing a Taleban compound Full story	Helmand Upper Gereshk Valley	06/06/07
Gilyeat, Mike	Cpl	28	Merseyside Southport	Army Royal Military Police	Hostile: Air crash Died with five US crew and a Canadian colleague in a Nato helicopter crash Full story	Helmand Kajaki area	30/05/07
Bonner, Darren	Cpl	31	Norfolk Gorleston	Army Royal Anglian Regiment, 1st Battalion, A (Norfolk) Company	Hostile: Explosion Convoy came under attack east of Hyderabad Full story	Helmand Gereshk area	28/05/07
Probyn, Daniel	Guardsman	22	West Midlands Tipton	Army Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion	Hostile: Explosion Killed in attack on patrol, which left four others injured Full story<

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