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MARCH 2003 CASUALTIES
Eight British service personnel died when a helicopter crashed on 21 March 2003. The Britons, from 3 Commando Brigade, were Colour Sergeant John Cecil, Lance Bombardier Llywelyn Karl Evans, Captain Philip Stuart Guy, Marine Sholto Hedenskog, Sergeant Les Hehir, Operator Mechanic (Communications) Second Class Ian Seymour, Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, and Major Jason Ward.
The next day at around 0130 GMT on 22 March, a further six British servicemen died when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over the northern Arabian Gulf. They were Lieutenant Philip Green, Lieutenant Antony King, Lieutenant Marc Lawrence, Lieutenant Philip West, Lieutenant James Williams and Lieutenant Andrew Wilson, all of 849 Squadron.
Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull died on 28 March 2003
Flight Lieutenant Kevin Barry Main and Flight Lieutenant David Rhys Williams were both killed on 23 March when their RAF GR4 Tornado aircraft was downed by a US Patriot missile close to the Kuwaiti border.
Also on 23 March, Sapper Luke Allsopp and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth were reported missing and later confirmed as killed after an attack on British military vehicles in southern Iraq.
On 24 March, Sergeant Steven Mark Roberts, from 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, and Lance Corporal Barry Stephen, from 1st Battalion The Black Watch, were both killed in action during operations near Az Zubayr in southern Iraq.
The next day, two soldiers from the Queen's Royal Lancers were killed in a "friendly fire incident" when their tank accidentally collided with another tank on the outskirts of Basra. The deceased were Corporal Stephen John Allbutt and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke.
Sapper Allsopp and Sgt Cullingworth were killed in southern Iraq
Three days later, on 28 March, an incident involving light armoured vehicles of D Squadron, The Blues & Royals, of the Household Cavalry Regiment, resulted in the death of Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull.
On 30 March three British servicemen died in separate incidents. Lance Corporal Shaun Andrew Brierley, of 212 Signal Squadron, was killed in a road accident in Kuwait, while Christopher Maddison, a Royal Marine, was killed in action during fighting in Basra. The third soldier, Major Steve Ballard, of 3 Commando Brigade, died of natural causes.
Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, from the Army School of Ammunition of the Royal Logistic Corps, was killed during an explosive ordnance disposal operation in southern Iraq on 31 March.
APRIL 2003 CASUALTIES
Two soldiers from the Household Cavalry Regiment were killed when their armoured vehicle overturned on 1 April. Lance Corporal Karl Shearer died at the scene and Lieutenant Alexander Tweedie died of his injuries in hospital three weeks later.
On 6 April, a further three soldiers were killed in action in Basra. They were Fusilier Kelan John Turrington, Lance Corporal Ian Keith Malone and Piper Christopher Muzvuru.
Lance Corporal James McCue, of 7 Air Assault Battalion, was killed in an explosion in southern Iraq on 30 April.
MAY 2003 CASUALTIES
On 6 May, Private Andrew Kelly from 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, died in an accident.
Duncan Pritchard, an RAF Regiment Gunner, died in hospital in the UK on 8 May, following injuries sustained in a traffic accident in Iraq.
On 19 May, Corporal David Shepherd, an RAF policeman, died in Kuwait, believed to be from natural causes.
Leonard Harvey, a civilian member of the Defence Fire Service, died in a UK hospital on 22 May after falling ill in the Gulf.
JUNE 2003 CASUALTIES
Sgt Steven Roberts, from 1st Batallion The Black Watch, died in March 2003
Six Royal Military Police soldiers were gunned down at a civilian police station in Al Majar al-Kabir, near Basra, on 24 June.
They were Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell, Corporal Russell Aston, Corporal Paul Graham Long, Corporal Simon Miller, Lance Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, and Lance Corporal Thomas Richard Keys.
JULY 2003 CASUALTIES
Captain James Linton, of 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, collapsed and died on 18 July in southern Iraq.
AUGUST 2003 CASUALTIES
A Territorial Army soldier, Private Jason Smith, of 52nd Lowland Regiment, died on 13 August in southern Iraq. The cause of his death is still under investigation but was not the result of hostile action, according to the MoD.
On 14 August, Captain David Jones, of Queen's Lancashire Regiment, was killed during a bomb attack on a military ambulance in Basra.
A further three soldiers from the Royal Military Police were killed during an incident in central Basra on 23 August. They were Major Matthew Titchener, Company Sergeant Major Colin Wall and Corporal Dewi Pritchard.
Fusilier Russell Beeston, a Territorial Army soldier in 52nd Lowland Regiment, was killed in an incident in Ali As Sharqi in southern Iraq on 27 August.
SEPTEMBER 2003 CASUALTIES
Sergeant John Nightingale, another Territorial Army soldier, of 217 Transport Squadron, died in an incident on 23 September while serving at Shaibah, near Basra. His death, which is under investigation, involved a firearm but was not the result of enemy action.
OCTOBER 2003 CASUALTIES
Corporal Ian Plank, a Royal Marines NCO, was killed by hostile fire during an operation on 31 October.
NOVEMBER 2003 CASUALTIES
On 6 November, Private Ryan Thomas, of the Royal Regiment of Wales, was killed in a road accident in Basra.
JANUARY 2004 CASUALTIES
Another road accident in Baghdad on 1 January 2004 left two British soldiers dead. They were Major James Stenner, of the Welsh Guards, and Sergeant Norman Patterson, of the Cheshire Regiment.
Sgt Hamilton-Jewell was gunned down at a police station
On 7 January this year, Lance Corporal Andrew James Craw, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died following an incident on a training range near Basra.
Rifleman Vincent Calvin Windsor, of the Royal Green Jackets, died in a road traffic accident at Al Amarah on 21 January.
Sapper Robert Thomson, of the Royal Engineers, died in a "tragic incident" at Basra Palace on 31 January.
FEBRUARY 2004 CASUALTIES
On 12 February, Corporal Richard Thomas David Ivell, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was killed in a vehicle accident at Shaibah Logistics Base.
JUNE 2004 CASUALTIES
One British soldier was killed and two others injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a UK military convoy in Basra on 28 June. Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle, 19, served with the 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers, and was single.
JULY 2004 CASUALTIES
Flight Lieutenant Kristian Michel Alexander Gover was killed in a helicopter accident at Basra International Airport on 19 July. Aged 30 and unmarried, he was a Puma helicopter pilot serving with 33 Squadron, based at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.
AUGUST 2004 CASUALTIES
Pte Lee O'Callaghan was killed during an attack by insurgents
On 4 August, Pte Christopher Gordon Rayment, 22, was killed at Amarah in a "tragic accident". He came from London and was serving with the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment.
Five days later, Pte Lee O'Callaghan was killed in Basra during an attack by insurgents, followed on 12 August by another soldier's death when an improvised explosive device detonated on a roadside.
A British soldier - Lance Corporal Paul Thomas of The Light Infantry - was killed in an exchange of fire with insurgents in Basra on 17 August.
SEPTEMBER 2004 CASUALTIES
A British soldier - Fusilier Stephen Jones, The Royal Welch Fusiliers - died in a road traffic accident near al-Amara on 10 September.
Two British soldiers died following the ambush of a military convoy south-west of Basra on 28 September. They were named as Corporal Marc Taylor, from the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, and Gunner David Lawrence, of the Royal Artillery.
OCTOBER 2004 CASUALTIES
A Black Watch soldier, Private Kevin McHale, 27, from Fife, was killed when his Warrior armoured vehicle overturned after the bridge it was crossing collapsed. The incident did not involve hostile action. Three other soldiers were injured.
Staff Sgt Denise Rose, 34, of the Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch, was found dead from a gunshot at the Army base in the Shatt-al-Arab Hotel in Basra on 31 October. The MoD said the death was not believed to be the result of hostile action.
Eight British service personnel died when a helicopter crashed on 21 March 2003. The Britons, from 3 Commando Brigade, were Colour Sergeant John Cecil, Lance Bombardier Llywelyn Karl Evans, Captain Philip Stuart Guy, Marine Sholto Hedenskog, Sergeant Les Hehir, Operator Mechanic (Communications) Second Class Ian Seymour, Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, and Major Jason Ward.
The next day at around 0130 GMT on 22 March, a further six British servicemen died when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over the northern Arabian Gulf. They were Lieutenant Philip Green, Lieutenant Antony King, Lieutenant Marc Lawrence, Lieutenant Philip West, Lieutenant James Williams and Lieutenant Andrew Wilson, all of 849 Squadron.
Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull died on 28 March 2003
Flight Lieutenant Kevin Barry Main and Flight Lieutenant David Rhys Williams were both killed on 23 March when their RAF GR4 Tornado aircraft was downed by a US Patriot missile close to the Kuwaiti border.
Also on 23 March, Sapper Luke Allsopp and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth were reported missing and later confirmed as killed after an attack on British military vehicles in southern Iraq.
On 24 March, Sergeant Steven Mark Roberts, from 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, and Lance Corporal Barry Stephen, from 1st Battalion The Black Watch, were both killed in action during operations near Az Zubayr in southern Iraq.
The next day, two soldiers from the Queen's Royal Lancers were killed in a "friendly fire incident" when their tank accidentally collided with another tank on the outskirts of Basra. The deceased were Corporal Stephen John Allbutt and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke.
Sapper Allsopp and Sgt Cullingworth were killed in southern Iraq
Three days later, on 28 March, an incident involving light armoured vehicles of D Squadron, The Blues & Royals, of the Household Cavalry Regiment, resulted in the death of Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull.
On 30 March three British servicemen died in separate incidents. Lance Corporal Shaun Andrew Brierley, of 212 Signal Squadron, was killed in a road accident in Kuwait, while Christopher Maddison, a Royal Marine, was killed in action during fighting in Basra. The third soldier, Major Steve Ballard, of 3 Commando Brigade, died of natural causes.
Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, from the Army School of Ammunition of the Royal Logistic Corps, was killed during an explosive ordnance disposal operation in southern Iraq on 31 March.
APRIL 2003 CASUALTIES
Two soldiers from the Household Cavalry Regiment were killed when their armoured vehicle overturned on 1 April. Lance Corporal Karl Shearer died at the scene and Lieutenant Alexander Tweedie died of his injuries in hospital three weeks later.
On 6 April, a further three soldiers were killed in action in Basra. They were Fusilier Kelan John Turrington, Lance Corporal Ian Keith Malone and Piper Christopher Muzvuru.
Lance Corporal James McCue, of 7 Air Assault Battalion, was killed in an explosion in southern Iraq on 30 April.
MAY 2003 CASUALTIES
On 6 May, Private Andrew Kelly from 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, died in an accident.
Duncan Pritchard, an RAF Regiment Gunner, died in hospital in the UK on 8 May, following injuries sustained in a traffic accident in Iraq.
On 19 May, Corporal David Shepherd, an RAF policeman, died in Kuwait, believed to be from natural causes.
Leonard Harvey, a civilian member of the Defence Fire Service, died in a UK hospital on 22 May after falling ill in the Gulf.
JUNE 2003 CASUALTIES
Sgt Steven Roberts, from 1st Batallion The Black Watch, died in March 2003
Six Royal Military Police soldiers were gunned down at a civilian police station in Al Majar al-Kabir, near Basra, on 24 June.
They were Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell, Corporal Russell Aston, Corporal Paul Graham Long, Corporal Simon Miller, Lance Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, and Lance Corporal Thomas Richard Keys.
JULY 2003 CASUALTIES
Captain James Linton, of 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, collapsed and died on 18 July in southern Iraq.
AUGUST 2003 CASUALTIES
A Territorial Army soldier, Private Jason Smith, of 52nd Lowland Regiment, died on 13 August in southern Iraq. The cause of his death is still under investigation but was not the result of hostile action, according to the MoD.
On 14 August, Captain David Jones, of Queen's Lancashire Regiment, was killed during a bomb attack on a military ambulance in Basra.
A further three soldiers from the Royal Military Police were killed during an incident in central Basra on 23 August. They were Major Matthew Titchener, Company Sergeant Major Colin Wall and Corporal Dewi Pritchard.
Fusilier Russell Beeston, a Territorial Army soldier in 52nd Lowland Regiment, was killed in an incident in Ali As Sharqi in southern Iraq on 27 August.
SEPTEMBER 2003 CASUALTIES
Sergeant John Nightingale, another Territorial Army soldier, of 217 Transport Squadron, died in an incident on 23 September while serving at Shaibah, near Basra. His death, which is under investigation, involved a firearm but was not the result of enemy action.
OCTOBER 2003 CASUALTIES
Corporal Ian Plank, a Royal Marines NCO, was killed by hostile fire during an operation on 31 October.
NOVEMBER 2003 CASUALTIES
On 6 November, Private Ryan Thomas, of the Royal Regiment of Wales, was killed in a road accident in Basra.
JANUARY 2004 CASUALTIES
Another road accident in Baghdad on 1 January 2004 left two British soldiers dead. They were Major James Stenner, of the Welsh Guards, and Sergeant Norman Patterson, of the Cheshire Regiment.
Sgt Hamilton-Jewell was gunned down at a police station
On 7 January this year, Lance Corporal Andrew James Craw, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died following an incident on a training range near Basra.
Rifleman Vincent Calvin Windsor, of the Royal Green Jackets, died in a road traffic accident at Al Amarah on 21 January.
Sapper Robert Thomson, of the Royal Engineers, died in a "tragic incident" at Basra Palace on 31 January.
FEBRUARY 2004 CASUALTIES
On 12 February, Corporal Richard Thomas David Ivell, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was killed in a vehicle accident at Shaibah Logistics Base.
JUNE 2004 CASUALTIES
One British soldier was killed and two others injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a UK military convoy in Basra on 28 June. Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle, 19, served with the 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers, and was single.
JULY 2004 CASUALTIES
Flight Lieutenant Kristian Michel Alexander Gover was killed in a helicopter accident at Basra International Airport on 19 July. Aged 30 and unmarried, he was a Puma helicopter pilot serving with 33 Squadron, based at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.
AUGUST 2004 CASUALTIES
Pte Lee O'Callaghan was killed during an attack by insurgents
On 4 August, Pte Christopher Gordon Rayment, 22, was killed at Amarah in a "tragic accident". He came from London and was serving with the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment.
Five days later, Pte Lee O'Callaghan was killed in Basra during an attack by insurgents, followed on 12 August by another soldier's death when an improvised explosive device detonated on a roadside.
A British soldier - Lance Corporal Paul Thomas of The Light Infantry - was killed in an exchange of fire with insurgents in Basra on 17 August.
SEPTEMBER 2004 CASUALTIES
A British soldier - Fusilier Stephen Jones, The Royal Welch Fusiliers - died in a road traffic accident near al-Amara on 10 September.
Two British soldiers died following the ambush of a military convoy south-west of Basra on 28 September. They were named as Corporal Marc Taylor, from the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, and Gunner David Lawrence, of the Royal Artillery.
OCTOBER 2004 CASUALTIES
A Black Watch soldier, Private Kevin McHale, 27, from Fife, was killed when his Warrior armoured vehicle overturned after the bridge it was crossing collapsed. The incident did not involve hostile action. Three other soldiers were injured.
Staff Sgt Denise Rose, 34, of the Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch, was found dead from a gunshot at the Army base in the Shatt-al-Arab Hotel in Basra on 31 October. The MoD said the death was not believed to be the result of hostile action.
