The British Service Personnel who lost their lives in Iraq
A roll call of the 179 British personnel to have died on service during Operation Telic since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003
2003
MARCH 2003
- Captain Philip Guy, 29, of Skipton, North Yorkshire. Royal Marines.
- Naval Rating Ian Seymour, of Poole, Dorset. 148 Commando Battery Royal Artillery.
- Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, 39, of Plymouth. Royal Marines.
- Marine Sholto Hedenskog, 26, of Cape Town, South Africa. Royal Marines.
- Lance Bombardier Llywelyn Evans, 24, of Llandudno, North Wales. 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery.
- Colour Sgt John Cecil, 35, of Plymouth. Royal Marines.
- Major Jason Ward, 34, of Torquay. UK Landing Force Command Support Group. Royal Marines.
- Sergeant Les Hehir, 34, of Poole, Dorset. 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery.
- Lieutenant Philip Green, 31, of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire. 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
- Lieutenant Tony King, 35, of Helston, Cornwall. 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
- Lieutenant James Williams, 28, of Falmouth, Cornwall. 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
- Lieutenant Philip West, 32, of Budock Water, Cornwall. 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
- Lieutenant Marc Lawrence, 26, of Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
- Lieutenant Andrew Wilson, 36, of Exeter. 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
- Flight Lt Kevin Main, pilot. 9 Squadron. RAF.
- Flight Lt Dave Williams, navigator. 9 Squadron. RAF.
- Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, of north London. 33 (EOD) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers.
- Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, of Essex. 33 (EOD) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers.
- Sergeant Steven Roberts, 33, of Bradford, West Yorkshire. 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
- Lance Corporal Barry Stephen, 31, of Perth. 1st Battalion The Black Watch.
- Corporal Stephen John Allbutt, 35, of Stoke-on-Trent. Queen's Royal Lancers.
- Trooper David Clarke, 19, of Littleworth, Staffordshire. Queen's Royal Lancers.
- Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, 25, of Windsor. The Blues & Royals, Household Cavalry Regiment.
- Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, of Scarborough. 9 Assault Squadron Royal Marines.
- Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley, 28, of West Yorkshire. 212 Signal Squadron, 1 (UK) Armoured Division HQ & Signal Regiment.
- Major Stephen Alexis Ballard, 33, of Swindon. 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines.
- Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, 32, of Romsey, Hampshire. Army School of Ammunition, Royal Logistic Corps.
APRIL 2003
- Lance Corporal Karl Shearer, 24, of Windsor. Household Cavalry Regiment.
- Kelan John Turrington, 18, of Cambridgeshire. Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
- Lance Corporal Ian Malone, of Dublin, 28. 1st Battalion the Irish Guards.
- Piper Christopher Muzvuru, 21, of Zimbabwe. 1st Battalion the Irish Guards.
- Lt Alexander Tweedie, 25, of Hawick, Scottish Borders. The Blues and Royals, Household Cavalry Regiment.
- Lance Corporal James McCue, 27, of Paisley. 7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
MAY 2003
- Private Andrew Kelly, 18, of Tavistock, Devon. 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.
- Gunner Duncan Pritchard, 22 of Honington, Suffolk. 16 Squadron, RAF Regiment.
- Corporal David Shepherd, 34. Royal Air Force Police. Died in Kuwait while serving on Operation Telic.
- Leonard Harvey, 55, based at Wattisham, Suffolk. Defence Fire Service.
JUNE 2003
- Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell, 41, of Chessington, Surrey. Royal Military Police.
- Corporal Russell Aston, 30, of Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Royal Military Police.
- Corporal Paul Graham Long, 24, of Colchester, Essex. Royal Military Police.
- Corporal Simon Miller, 21, of Washington, Tyne & Wear. Royal Military Police.
- Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, 23, of Northallerton, North Yorks. Royal Military Police.
- Lance-Corporal Thomas Richard Keys, 20, of Llanuwchllyn, near Bala in Wales. Royal Military Police.
JULY 2003
- Captain James Linton, 43, of Warminster. 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
AUGUST 2003
- Private Jason Smith, 32, of Hawick in the Scottish borders. Territorial Army soldier serving with 52nd Lowland Regiment attached to the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
- Captain David Jones, 29, of Louth, Lincolnshire. Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
- Major Matthew Titchener, 32, of Southport, Merseyside. Royal Military Police.
- Warrant Officer Colin Wall, 34, of Crawleyside, County Durham. Royal Military Police.
- Corporal Dewi Pritchard, 35, of Bridgend. Territorial Army, serving with Royal Military Police.
- Fusilier Russell Beeston, 26, of Glasgow. Territorial Army, attached to the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers.
SEPTEMBER 2003
- Sergeant John Nightingale, 32, of Leeds. Territorial Army, serving with Royal Logistic Corps.
OCTOBER 2003
- Corporal Ian Plank, 31, of Poole, Dorset. Royal Marines.
NOVEMBER 2003
- Private Ryan Thomas, 18, of Resolven, Glamorgan. 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales.
2004
JANUARY 2004
- Major James Stenner, 30, of Monmouthshire. Welsh Guards.
- Sergeant Norman Patterson, 28, of Staffordshire. Cheshire Regiment.
- Lance Corporal Andrew James Craw, 21, of Clackmannanshire. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
- Rifleman Vincent Windsor, 23, of Oxfordshire. 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets.
- Sapper Robert Thomson, 22, of West Lothian. Royal Engineers.
FEBRUARY 2004
- Corporal Richard Ivell, 29, of Doncaster. Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.
JUNE 2004
- Fusilier Gordon Gentle, 19, of Glasgow. Royal Highland Fusiliers.
JULY 2004
- Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover, 30, based at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. 33 Squadron RAF.
AUGUST 2004
- Private Christopher Rayment, 22, of London. 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment.
- Private Lee O'Callaghan, 20, of London. 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment.
- Private Marc Ferns, 21, of Glenrothes, Fife. 1st Battalion, The Black Watch.
- Lance Corporal Paul Thomas, 29, of Welshpool. 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry.
SEPTEMBER 2004
- Fusilier Stephen Jones, 22, of Denbigh. 1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers.
- Corporal Marc Taylor, 27, of Ellesmere Port. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
- Gunner David Lawrence, 25, of Walsall. 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.
OCTOBER 2004
- Private Kevin Thomas McHale, 27, of Lochgelly, Fife. 1st Battalion, The Black Watch.
- Staff Sergeant Denise Rose, 34, of Liverpool. Royal Military Police.
NOVEMBER 2004
- Private Paul Lowe, 19, of Fife. 1st Battalion, The Black Watch.
- Sergeant Stuart Gray, 31, of Dunfermline. 1st Battalion, The Black Watch.
- Private Scott McArdle, 22, of Glenrothes. 1st Battalion, The Black Watch.
- Private Pita Tukatukawaqa, 27, of Fiji. 1st Battalion, The Black Watch.
DECEMBER 2004
- Acting Chief Petty Officer Simon Owen, 38, of Plymouth. HMS Chatham.
- Sergeant Paul Connolly, 33, of Crawley. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
2005
JANUARY 2005
- Squadron Leader Patrick Marshall, 39, of High Wycombe. RAF, Headquarters Strike Command.
- Flight Lieutenant David Stead, 35, of Yorkshire. 47 Squadron RAF.
- Andrew Smith, 25, of Doncaster. 47 Squadron RAF.
- Paul Pardoel, 35, born in Melbourne, Australia. 47 Squadron RAF.
- Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, 42 of Hull. 47 Squadron RAF.
- Chief Technician Richard Brown, 40, of Devon. 47 Squadron RAF.
- Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson, 34, of York. 47 Squadron, RAF.
- Sergeant Robert O'Connor, 38. Engineering Wing, RAF Lyneham.
- Corporal David Williams, 37. Engineering Wing, RAF Lyneham
- Acting Lance Corporal Steven Jones, 25 of Fareham, Hampshire. Royal Signals.
MARCH 2005
- Private Mark Dobson, 41, of County Durham. B (Green Howards) Company, Tyne-Tees Regiment.
MAY 2005
- Guardsman Anthony Wakefield, 24, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards
- Lance Corporal Brackenbury, 21, of East Yorkshire. King's Royal Hussars.
JUNE 2005
- Signaller Paul William Didsbury, 18, of Blackpool. 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support)
- Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer, 26, of Nuneaton. 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment.
- Private Phillip Hewett, 21, of Tamworth. 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment.
- Private Leon Spicer, 26, of Tamworth. 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment.
SEPTEMBER 2005
- Fusilier Donal Meade, 20, of London. Born on Montserrat. 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
- Fusilier Stephen Manning, 22, of Erith, Kent. 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
- Major Matthew Bacon, 34, of London. Intelligence Corps.
OCTOBER 2005
- Captain Ken Masters, 40. Royal Military Police.
- Sergeant Chris Hickey, 30, of Bradford. 1st Battalion, the Coldstream Guards.
NOVEMBER 2005
- Sergeant John Jones, 31, of Birmingham. 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
2006
JANUARY 2006
- Lance Corporal Allan Douglas, 22, of Aberdeen. Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).
- Corporal Gordon Pritchard, 31, of Edinburgh. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
FEBRUARY 2006
- Trooper Carl Smith, 23, of Kettering. 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's).
- Captain Richard Holmes, 28 of Winchester. 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.
- Private Lee Ellis, 23, of Wythenshawe. 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.
APRIL 2006
- Lieutenant Richard Palmer, 27, of Ware, Hertfordshire. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
MAY 2006
- Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill, 32, of Canterbury. 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF.
- Wing Commander John Coxen, 47, of Liverpool. 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF.
- Lieutenant Commander Darren Chapman, 40, of Yeovilton. Commanding Officer, 847 Naval Air Squadron.
- Captain David Dobson, 27, of Yeovilton. Army Air Corps, serving with 847 Naval Air Squadron.
- Marine Paul Collins, 21, of of Yeovilton. 847 Naval Air Squadron.
- Private Joseva Lewaicei, 25, of Lautoka Fiji. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment.
- Private Adam Morris, 19, of Leicester. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment.
- Lieutenant Tom Mildinhall, 26, of London. Queen's Dragoon Guards.
- Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly, 27, of Runcorn, Cheshire. Queen's Dragoon Guards.
JULY 2006
- Corporal John Cosby, 28, born in Belfast and grew up in Exeter. 1st Battalion The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry (1DDLI).
AUGUST 2006
- Corporal Matthew Cornish, 29, of Pool-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire. 1st Battalion The Light Infantry.
SEPTEMBER 2006
- Gunner Samuela Vanua, 27, of Fiji. 12 Regiment Royal Artillery.
- Gunner Stephen Robert Wright, 20, of Leyland. 12 Regiment Royal Artillery.
- Gunner Lee Thornton, 22, of Blackpool. 12 Regiment Royal Artillery.
OCTOBER 2006
- Lance Corporal Dennis Brady, 37 of Barrow-in-Furness. Royal Army Medical Corps.
- Lieutenant Tom Tanswell, 27, of London. 12 Regiment Royal Artillery.
NOVEMBER 2006
- Kingsman Jamie Hancock, 19 of Wigan. 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, of Ipswich. Intelligence Corps.
- Warrant Officer Class 2 Lee Hopkins, 35, of Wellingborough. Royal Corps of Signals.
- Marine Jason Hylton, 33, of Burton on Trent. 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines.
- Corporal Ben Nowak, 27, of Liverpool. 45 Commando Royal Marines.
- Sergeant Jonathan Hollingsworth. 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.
DECEMBER 2006
- Sergeant Graham Hesketh, 35, of Runcorn. 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
2007
JANUARY 2007
- Sergeant Wayne Rees, 36, of Nottingham. The Queen's Royal Lancers.
- Kingsman Alex Green, 21, of Warrington. 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Private Michael Tench, 18, of Sunderland. 2nd Battalion the Light Infantry.
FEBRUARY 2007
- Second Lieutenant Jonathan Carlos Bracho-Cooke, 24, of Hove, East Sussex. 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Private Luke Simpson, 21, of Howden, East Yorkshire. 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment.
- Rifleman Daniel Lee Coffey, 21 of Exeter. Second Battalion, The Rifles.
MARCH 2007
- Private Jonathon Dany Wysoczan, 21, of Stoke-on-Trent. 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment.
APRIL 2007
- Kingsman Danny Wilson, 28, of Workington. 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Rifleman Aaron Lincoln, 18, of Durham. 2nd Battalion, The Rifles.
- Second Lieutenant Joanna Yorke Dyer, 24, of Yeovil. 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Corporal Kris O'Neill, 27, of Catterick. Royal Army Medical Corps.
- Private Eleanor Dlugosz, 19, of Southampton. Royal Army Medical Corps.
- Kingsman Adam Smith, 19, of Liverpool. 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Sergeant Mark McLaren, 27, of Ashington, Northumberland. 230 Squadron, RAF.
- Colour Sergeant Mark Powell, 37, of South Wales. The Parachute Regiment.
- Corporal Ben Leaning, 24, of Scunthorpe. The Queen's Royal Lancers.
- Trooper Kristen Turton, 27, of Grimsby. The Queen's Royal Lancers.
- Kingsman Alan Jones, 20 of Liverpool. 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
- Rifleman Paul Donnachie, 18, of Reading. 2nd Battalion the Rifles.
MAY 2007
- Major Nick Bateson, 49, of Chislehurst, Kent. Corps of Royal Signals.
- Private Kevin Thompson, 21, of Lancaster. Royal Logistic Corps.
- Corporal Jeremy Brookes, 28, of Birmingham. 4th Battalion, The Rifles.
JUNE 2007
- Corporal Rodney Wilson, 30, born in Rinteln, Germany. 4th Battalion The Rifles.
- Lance Corporal James Cartwright, 21, of London. 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
- Major Paul Harding, 48, of Winchester. 4th Battalion, The Rifles.
- Corporal John Rigby, 24, of Rye, East Sussex. 4th Battalion, The Rifles.
- Private Scott Kennedy, 20, of Oakley, Dunfermline. Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
- Private James Kerr, 20 of Cowdenbeath. Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
- Corporal Paul Joszko, 28, of Mountain Ash, Wales. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh.
JULY 2007
- Rifleman Edward Vakabua, 23, of Fiji. 4th Battalion The Rifles.
- Lance Corporal Ryan Francis, 23, of Llanelli. 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh.
- Corporal Christopher Read, 22, of Poole in Dorset. 3rd Regiment, Royal Military Police.
- Senior Aircraftsman Matthew Caulwell, 22, of Birmingham. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment.
- Senior Aircraftsman Peter McFerran, 24, of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, north Wales. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment.
- Senior Aircraftsman Christopher Dunsmore, 29, of Leicester. 504 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment.
- Lance Corporal Timothy Flowers, 25, of Northern Ireland. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
- Corporal Steve Edwards, 35, of Thrapston, Northamptonshire. 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
AUGUST 2007
- Private Craig Barber, 20, of Ogmore Vale. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh.
- Leading Aircraftman Martin Beard, 20, of Rainworth, Nottinghamshire. No 1 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment.
- Lance Sergeant Chris Casey, 27, of London. 1st Battalion, Irish Guards.
- Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath, 22 of Romford. 1st Battalion, Irish Guards.
SEPTEMBER 2007
- Sergeant Eddie Collins, 33. Parachute Regiment.
- Sergeant Mark Stansfield, 32, of Oxfordshire. UK Logistic Battalion.
OCTOBER 2007
- Lance Corporal Sarah Holmes 26, of Wantage, Oxfordshire. 29 Postal Courier and Movement Regiment.
NOVEMBER 2007
- Lee Fitzsimmons and an unnamed British soldier were killed in an RAF Puma helicopter crash near Baghdad.
DECEMBER 2007
- Guardsman Stephen Ferguson, 31, of Lanarkshire, Scotland. 1st Battalion Scots Guards.
2008
FEBRUARY 2008
- Sergeant Duane "Baz" Barwood, 41, of Carterton in Oxfordshire. Attached to 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, RAF.
MARCH 2008
- An unnamed British soldier was killed in a firefight in Baghdad.
DECEMBER 2008
- Lance Corporal David Kenneth Wilson, 27, of Huddersfield. 9 Regiment Army Air Corps.
- Corporal Lee Churcher, 32, of Nuneaton. 20th Armoured Brigade.
FEBRUARY 2009
- Private Ryan Wrathall, 21, of Surbiton. 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
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