BBC News - UK soldier killed in Afghanistan Thanks Di - Third billing on the BBC news tonight for less than 30 seconds behind of Gary Speed and the economy. Swift and Bold
Easy for me to write this,since France is leaving the country,but i'm sure that it was the place to be to fight terrorism.There and not in Irak.You US and British soldiers have paid the high price(and Frogs too,regarding the number of soldiers there).I don't know my fellow citizens thoughs,but be sure that i don't forget your boys,and i support them.
My thoughts are with the families, what terrible news especially given the wait now to find out the full circumstances. BBC News - Six UK soldiers missing in Afghanistan Six UK soldiers are missing, believed killed, in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. Five from the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment were on patrol on Tuesday when their vehicle was hit by an explosion. The soldiers' families have been told. If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the biggest single loss of life in one incident since a Nimrod crash killed 14 service personnel in 2006. If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the biggest single loss of life in one incident since a Nimrod crash killed 14 service personnel in 2006. And it would take the toll on the British military since 2001 to 404. Lt Col Gordon Mackenzie, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "I have the tragic duty to report that six soldiers are missing, believed killed, during a security patrol. "The six soldiers... were on patrol in a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle when it was caught in an explosion in the task force Helmand area of operations." ....
Sad news , just heard it radio. Six soldiers, five from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, were on a mounted patrol when their Warrior armoured fighting vehicle was caught in an explosion Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Military Operations | Six soldiers believed killed in Helmand
1st Anglo Afghan War 1839/42 British army massacred 'Aucklands Folly' 2nd ditto 1878/80 3rd do 1919 4th Ongoing. Plato: 'Only the dead see the end of war'
Lets hope the lads get alot of trigger time to even the odds. RIP all of them, its always heart breaking for a British Soldier to die but 6 is something that i have never experienced and would never want to. Donnie
BBC News - Afghanistan deaths: Six dead UK soldiers named by MoD Six British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan by a Taliban bomb have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Cpl Jake Hartley, 20, Pte Anthony Frampton, 20, and Pte Christopher Kershaw, 20, died in the blast. Pte Daniel Wade, 20, Pte Daniel Wilford, 21, and Sgt Nigel Coupe, 33, were also killed when their Warrior armoured vehicle was hit on Tuesday. The deaths take the total of British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001 to 404. Sgt Coupe was from the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the other five were from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, based in Warminster, Wiltshire. The deaths are the biggest single loss of British life in Afghanistan since 2006. The six had been in Afghanistan for little more than a week. Cpl Hartley would have turned 21 on Saturday. Senior army and intelligence officials in Helmand province told the BBC that the soldiers had been killed by a powerful, Taliban bomb that had been planted recently. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the timetable for withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014 remained on track despite the "cowardly attack". He said: "This will not shake our resolve to see through the mission - I believe we owe that to all the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives and put themselves at risk over the last few years." Prime Minister David Cameron said the deaths marked a "desperately sad day for our country". Most of the 9,500 UK troops in Afghanistan are expected to be withdrawn by the end of 2014, when 13 years of combat operations in the country are set to cease. The Taliban told the BBC that they carried out the attack and they were "very proud of it".
Just heard that Private Christopher Kershaw was a good friend of my 19 year old nephew. They had known each other since primary school. Lesley
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BBC News - Gunman shoots dead two UK troops in Afghanistan A British soldier and Royal Marine have been shot dead by an Afghan army soldier, the Ministry of Defence says. The gunman also injured a third UK serviceman when he opened fire at the British military HQ in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. Nato said he was then shot dead when its soldiers returned fire. The British soldier was from the Adjutant General's Corps (Staff & Personnel Support). Next of kin of both British servicemen have been told. A total of 407 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan since military operations began in 2001. ...
A British soldier killed in Afghanistan on Friday has been named as 37-year-old Corporal Alex Guy from the 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment. He was part of an operation to disrupt insurgent activity in Nad Ali, Helmand Province, when he was killed by enemy action, the Ministry of Defence said. Cpl Guy, who was married, "embodied the strong family ethos of the regiment", the MoD said in a statement. Since 2001, 419 UK troops have been killed in Afghanistan. BBC News - UK soldier killed in Afghanistan named as Corporal Alex Guy
BBC News - Afghan policeman kills three British soldiers Three British soldiers have been killed by a policeman in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. Two served with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and one with the Royal Corps of Signals. Next of kin have been told.
