Deaths in Afghanistan and the UK

MOD: Reports that two British Soldiers were killed today in Afghanistan, the soldiers were from the " 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali " also a Soldier wounded in Afghanistan died today from his wounds in the UK, the Soldier was a " Royal Marine from 40 Commando Royal Marines ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 298 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 264 in combat operations and 34 due to illness, accidents and other incidents. Thus so far in June of 2010 the UK has lost 9 Soldiers, in 2009 it lost four soldiers, in 2008 the UK lost 13 soldiers, in 2007 the UK lost 4 soldiers, in 2006 it was 3.