The Royal British Legion Caring and campaigning for the serving and ex-Service community
Keeping their memory alive
The Royal British Legion was formed in 1921 to support the veterans of the Great War. But since then, Britain has been involved in many other wars and fields of Service, creating a continuous supply of Service men and women, and their families, who need our assistance. We are recognised as the Nation's custodians of Remembrance.
The Cenotaph in Whitehall and numerous war memorials around the country commemorate those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in World Wars I and II.
And to commemorate those that have lost their lives in the Service of their country since 1945, the Armed Forces Memorial was opened in 2007 in the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum.
Each June, the names of those who have died in conflict, as a result of terrorist action or on training exercises, in the previous calendar year, are added to this impressive memorial, as a permanent reminder of their sacrifice.
This page is a tribute to those lost in action, whose names will not appear in stone until next June.
List of casualties
| NAME | RANK | AGE | FROM | SERVED WITH | DATE |
| Thompson, Stephen | Corporal | 31 | Bovey Tracey, Devon | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles | 07/03/10 |
| Keogh, Tom | Lance Corporal | 24 | Paddington | Army - 4th Battalion The Rifles | 07/03/10 |
| Maughan, Liam | Rifleman | 18 | Doncaster | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 06/03/10 |
| Allott, Jonathon | Rifleman | 19 | North Shields | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 05/03/10 |
| Green, Richard | Corporal | 23 | Reading | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 02/03/10 |
| Apolis, Carlo | Rifleman | 28 | South Africa | Army - 4th Battalion The Rifles | 01/03/10 |
| Fox, Paul | Sergeant | 34 | St Ives | Army - 28 Engineer Regiment | 26/02/10 |
| Kinggett, Martin | Rifleman | 19 | Dagenham | Army - 4th Battalion The Rifles | 25/02/10 |
| Southgate, Luke | Senior Aircraftman | 20 | Bury St Edmonds | RAF - II Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment | 24/02/10 |
| Walker, David 'Davey' | Lance Sergeant | 36 | Glasgow | Army - 1st Battalion Scots Guards | 18/02/10 |
| Dalzell, Douglas | Lieutenant | Berkshire | Army - 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards | 18/02/10 | |
| Mellors, Guy | Sapper | 20 | Coventry | Army - 36 Engineer Regiment | 15/02/10 |
| Dawson, Sean | Kingsman | 19 | Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester | Army - 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 14/02/10 |
| Marshall, Mark | Rifleman | 29 | Exeter | Army - 6th Battalion, The Rifles | 14/02/10 |
| Greenhalgh, Dave | Lance Sergeant | 25 | Ilkeston, Derbyshire | Army - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | 13/02/10 |
| Hicks, Darren | Lance Corporal | 29 | Mousehole, Cornwall | Army - 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | 11/02/10 |
| Markland, David | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 36 | Euxton, Lancashire | Army - 36 Engineer Regiment | 08/02/10 |
| Moore, John | Corporal | 22 | Lanarkshire | Army - The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion 1 SCOTS | 07/02/10 |
| McDonald, Sean | Private | 26 | Edinburgh | Army - The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion 1 SCOTS | 07/02/10 |
| Riley, Liam | Corporal | 21 | Sheffield | Army - 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment | 01/02/10 |
| Nathan Shaw | Lance Corporal | 27 | Huddersfield | Army - 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment | 01/02/10 |
| Cooper, Daniel | Lance Corporal | 22 | Hereford | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 24/01/10 |
| Aldridge, Peter | Rifleman | 19 | Army - 4th Battalion The Rifles | 22/01/10 | |
| Brownson, Lee | Corporal | 30 | Bishop Auckland | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 15/01/10 |
| Farmer, Luke | Rifleman | 19 | Pontefract | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 15/01/10 |
| Read, Daniel | Captain | 31 | Rainham, Kent | Army - 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps | 11/01/10 |
| Hayes, Robert | Private | 19 | Cambridge | Army - 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment | 03/01/10 |
| Watson, David | Sapper | 23 | Whickham, Tyne & Wear | Army - Royal Engineers, 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) | 31/12/09 |
| Howell, Aidan | Rifleman | 19 | Sidcup, Kent | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 28/12/09 |
| Brown, Tommy | Lance Corporal | Army - The Parachute Regiment | 22/12/09 | ||
| Roney, Christopher | Lance Corporal | 23 | Sunderland | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 21/12/09 |
| Pritchard, Michael David | Lance Corporal | 22 | Eastbourne, Sussex | Army - 4th Regiment, Royal Military Police | 20/12/09 |
| Hornby, Simon | Corporal | 29 | Liverpool | Army - 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 19/12/09 |
| Kirkness, David Leslie | Lance Corporal | 23 | Wakefield, West Yorkshire | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 15/12/09 |
| Brown, James Stephen | Rifleman | 18 | Farnborough | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 15/12/09 |
| Drane, Adam | Lance Corporal | 23 | Bury St Edmunds | Army - 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment | 07/12/09 |
| Amer, John Paxton | Acting Sergeant | 30 | Sunderland | Army - 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | 30/11/09 |
| Loughran-Dickson, Robert David | Sergeant | 33 | Deal, Kent | Army - 4th Regiment, Royal Military Police | 18/11/09 |
| Marlton-Thomas, Loren Owen Christopher | Corporal | 28 | Army - 33 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers | 15/11/09 | |
| Fentiman, Andrew Ian | Rifleman | 23 | Cambridge | Army - 7th Battalion The Rifles | 15/11/09 |
| Bassett, Samuel John | Rifleman | 20 | Plymouth | Army - 4th Battalion The Rifles | 08/11/09 |
| Allen, Philip | Rifleman | 20 | Dorset | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 07/11/09 |
| Scott, Phillip | Sergeant | 30 | Malton | Army - 3rd Battalion The Rifles | 05/11/09 |
| Boote, Steven | Corporal | 22 | Birkenhead, Liverpool | Army - Royal Military Police | 03/11/09 |
| Webster-Smith, Nicholas | Corporal | 24 | Glangwilli | Army - Royal Military Police | 03/11/09 |
| Chant, Darren | Warrant Officer Class 1 | 40 | Walthamstow | Army - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | 03/11/09 |
| Telford, Matthew | Sergeant | 37 | Grimsby | Army - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | 03/1109 |
| Major, James | Guardsman | 18 | Grimsby | Army - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | 03/11/09 |
| Schmid, Olaf Sean George | Staff Sergeant | 30 | Truro | Army - Royal Logistic Corps | 31/10/09 |
| Mason, Thomas 'Tam' | Corporal | 27 | Rosyth | Army - The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 25/10/09 |
| Oakland, James | Corporal | 26 | Manchester | Army - Royal Military Police | 22/10/09 |
| Hill, James | Lance Corporal | 23 | Redhill, Surrey | Army - 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | 08/10/09 |
| Janes, James | Guardsman | 20 | Brighton | Army - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | 05/10/09 |
| Wojtak, Marcin | Senior Aircraftman | 24 | Leicester | RAF - 34 Squadron RAF Regiment | 01/10/09 |
| Prosser, James | Private | 21 | Cwmbran | Army - 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh | 27/09/09 |
| Lockett, Michael (MC) | Acting Sergeant | 29 | Monifieth, Angus | Army - 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, Operational Mentoring & Liaison Team (OMLT) Battle Group | 21/09/09 |
| McGrath, Stuart | Acting Sergeant | 28 | Buckinghamshire | Army – 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 16/09/09 |
| Hall, Brett | Trooper | 21 | Dartmouth, Devon | Army – 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | 16/09/09 |
| Dunn-Bridgeman, Jason | Kingsman | 20 | Liverpool | Army – 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, operating with The Light Dragoons Battle Group | 13/09/09 |
| Harrison, John | Corporal | 29 | East Kilbride, Lanarkshire | Army – The Parachute Regiment | 09/09/09 |
| Elliott, Gavin | Private | 19 | Woodsetts, Worksop, Nottinghamshire | Army – 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment | 03/09/09 |
| Brandon, Richard | Lance Corporal | 24 | Kidderminster | Army – Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers | 02/09/09 |
| Millar, Stuart ‘Gus’ | Sergeant | 40 | Inverness | Army – The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 31/08/09 |
| Elliott, Kevin | Private | 24 | Dundee | Army – The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 31/08/09 |
| The family have asked for no further details to be released | Royal Marines | 29/08/09 | |||
| Bush, Shaun | Fusilier | 24 | Coventry, Warwickshire | Army – 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 25/08/09 |
| McAleese, Paul | Sergeant | 29 | Hereford, Herefordshire | Army – 2nd Battalion, The Rifles | 20/08/09 |
| Young, Johnathon | Private | 18 | Hull, East Yorkshire | Army – 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) | 20/08/09 |
| Fullarton, James | Lance Corporal | 24 | Coventry, Warwickshire | Army – 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 16/08/09 |
| Annis, Simon | Fusilier | 22 | Salford, Greater Manchester | Army – 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 16/08/09 |
| Carter, Louis | Fusilier | 18 | Nuneaton, Warwickshire | Army – 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 16/08/09 |
| Valentine, Simon | Sergeant | 29 | Bedworth, Warwickshire | Army – 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 15/08/09 |
| Hunt, Richard | Private | 21 | Abergavenny, Monmouthshire | Army – 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh Regiment | 15/08/09 |
| Hale, Mark | Captain | 42 | Bournemouth, Dorset | Army – 40th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Lowland Gunners) | 13/08/09 |
| Hatton, Matthew | Lance Bombardier | 23 | Haxby, North Yorkshire | Army – 40th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Lowland Gunners) | 13/08/09 |
| Wild, Daniel | Rifleman | 19 | Easington, County Durham | Army – 40th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Lowland Gunners) | 13/08/09 |
| Williams, Jason | Private | 23 | Worcester, Worcesteshire | Army -2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment | 08/08/09 |
| Mulligan, Kevin | Corporal | 26 | Army – The Parachute Regiment | 06/06/09 | |
| Hopkins, Dale | Lance Corporal | 23 | Army – The Parachute Regiment | 06/06/09 | |
| Adams, Kyle | Private | 21 | Army – The Parachute Regiment | 06/06/09 | |
| Lombardi, Anthony | Craftsman | 21 | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire | Army – REME, attached to Light Dragoons | 04/08/09 |
| Lawrence, Phillip | Trooper | 22 | Birkenhead, Merseyside | Army - Light Dragoons | 27/07/09 |
| Upton, Sean | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 35 | Nottinghamshire | Army - Royal Artillery, 5th regiment | 27/07/09 |
| Hopson, Craig | Bombardier | 24 | Castleford, West Yorkshire | Army - Royal Artillery, 40th Regiment | 25/07/09 |
| King, Christopher | Guardsman | 20 | Birkenhead, Merseyside | Army - 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, attached to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | 22/07/09 |
| Shepherd, Daniel | Captain | 28 | Lincoln, Lincolnshire | Army - Joint Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group | 20/07/09 |
| Etchells, Joseph | Corporal | 22 | Mossley, Greater Manchester | Army - The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion | 19/07/09 |
| Toge, Aminiasi | Rifleman | 26 | Fiji | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 16/07/09 |
| Backhouse, James | Rifleman | 18 | Castleford, Yorkshire | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 10/07/09 |
| Aldridge, William | Rifleman | 18 | Bromyard, Herefordshire | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 10/07/09 |
| Murphy, Joseph | Rifleman | 18 | Castle Bromwich, West Midlands | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 10/07/09 |
| Simpson, Daniel | Rifleman | 20 | Croydon, London | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 10/07/09 |
| Scott, Lee | Corporal | 26 | Kings Lynn, Norfolk | Army - 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | 10/07/09 |
| Horne, Jonathan | Corporal | 28 | Walsall, West Midlands | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 10/07/09 |
| Brackpool, John | Private | 27 | Crawley, Sussex | Army - Attached to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | 09/07/09 |
| Hume, Daniel | Rifleman | 22 | Berkshire | Army - 4th Battalion The Rifles | 09/07/09 |
| Whiteside, Christopher | Trooper | 20 | Blackpool, Lancashire | Army - Light Dragoons | 07/07/09 |
| Babington- Browne, Ben | Captain | 27 | Maidstone, Kent | Army - 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers | 06/07/09 |
| Elson, Dane | Lance Corporal | 22 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Army - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, Fire Support | 05/07/09 |
| Dennis, David | Lance Corporal | 29 | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire | Army - Light Dragoons | 04/07/09 |
| Laws, Robert | Private | 18 | Bromsgrove, Worcestershire | Army - 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment | 04/07/09 |
| Hammond, Joshua | Trooper | 18 | Plymouth, Devon | Army - 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | 01/07/09 |
| Thorneloe, Rupert | Lieutenant Colonel | 39 | Kirtlington, Oxfordshire | Army - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | 01/07/09 |
| Birchall, Sean | Major | 33 | Guildford, Surrey | Army - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | 19/06/09 |
| Mervis, Paul | Lieutenant | 27 | London | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 12/06/09 |
| McLaren, Robert | Private | 20 | Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute | Army - Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment | 11/06/09 |
| Thatcher, Cyrus | Rifleman | 19 | Reading, Berkshire | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles | 02/06/09 |
| Moffett, Nigel | Lance Corporal | 28 | Belfast | Army - Light Dragoons | 30/05/09 |
| Bolger, Stephen | Corporal | Army - Parachute Regiment | 30/05/09 | ||
| Hill, Kieron | Lance Corporal | 20 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | Army - Mercian Regiment, 2nd Battalion | 28/05/09 |
| Richards, Robert | Lance Corporal | 24 | Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, North Wales | Royal Marines - Royal Marines, Armoured Support Group | 28/05/09 |
| Rossi, Jordan | Sapper | 22 | Baildon, West Yorkshire | Army - 38 Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion The Rifles Battle Group | 23/05/09 |
| Suesue, Petero | Fusilier | 28 | Hounslow, London | Army - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 22/05/09 |
| Mackie, Jason | Marine | 21 | Oxford, Oxfordshire | Royal Marines - Royal Marines, Armoured Support Group | 14/05/09 |
| Evison, Mark | Lieutenant | 26 | Dulwich, London | Army - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | 12/05/09 |
| Pun, Kumar | Corporal | 31 | Parbat, Western Nepal | Army - 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, Foxtrot Company | 07/05/09 |
| Sheldon, Adrian | Rifleman | 25 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire | Army - 2nd Battalion The Rifles, 2 Rifles Battle Group North | 07/05/09 |
| Binnie, Sean | Corporal | 22 | Belfast | Army - Royal Regiment of Scotland, 3rd Battalion | 07/05/09 |
| Ross, Ben | Sergeant | 34 | Bangor, Gwynedd | Army - Royal Military Police, 173 Provost Company, 3rd Regiment | 07/05/09 |
| Fasfous, Tobie | Lance Sergeant | 29 | Bridgend, South Wales | Army - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | 28/04/09 |
| Stiff, Graeme | Corporal | 24 | Grimsby, Lincolnshire | Army - Enlisted into Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 15/03/09 |
| John, Dean | Corporal | 25 | Port Talbot, South Wales | Army - Enlisted into Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 15/03/09 |
| Harkett, Christopher | Lance Corporal | 22 | Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot | Army - Royal Welsh Regiment, 2nd Battalion | 14/03/09 |
| Gunn, Jamie | Rifleman | 21 | Monmouth, Monmouthshire | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles, Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) Battle Group | 25/02/09 |
| Upton, Paul | Lance Corporal | 31 | Chepstow, Monmouthshire | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles, Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) Battle Group | 25/02/09 |
| Gaden, Tom | Corporal | 24 | Chepstow, Monmouthshire | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles, Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) Battle Group | 25/02/09 |
| Laski, Michael | Marine | 21 | Liverpool | Royal Marines - 45 Commando | 25/02/09 |
| Kingscott, Stephen | Lance Corporal | 22 | Plymouth, Devon | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles | 16/02/09 |
| Smith, Darren | Marine | 27 | Fleetwood, Lancashire | Royal Marines - 45 Commando, X-ray Company | 14/02/09 |
| Wrathall, Ryan | Private | 21 | Surbiton, Surrey | Army - Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | 12/02/09 |
| Nield, Daniel | Corporal | 31 | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles | 30/01/09 |
| Robinson, Richard | Corporal | 21 | Saltash, Cornwall | Army - 1st Battalion The Rifles | 17/01/09 |
| Winter, Danny | Corporal | 28 | Stockport, Manchester | Royal Marines - 5 Commando | 14/01/09 |
| Sawyer, Tom | Captain | 26 | Hertfordshire | Army - Royal Artillery, 29 Commando Regiment | 14/01/09 |
| Mackin, Travis | Marine | 22 | Plymouth, Devon | Royal Marines - 45 Commando, Security Sector Reform Group | 11/01/09 |
| Reed, Christopher | Sergeant | 25 | Plymouth, Devon | Army - 6th Battalion, The Rifles | 01/01/09 |
