Deaths in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that four British Soldiers died on Wednesday in Afghanistan due to a traffic accident, three of the Soldiers came from the “ 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment ” and one soldier from the “ 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (attached to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment) ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 307 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 269 in combat operations and 38 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.