Deaths in the UK and Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the death of two UK Soldiers, one on Thursday and one Today, the Soldier that died in the UK of wounds sustained in Afghanistan came from the “ Gurkha Reinforcement Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) [1 MERCIAN] ”, the Soldier that died in Afghanistan came from the “ 21 Engineer Regiment, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 330 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 290 in combat operations and 40 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.