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  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm the death of Staff Sergeant Chris Muir from the Army School of Ammunition, Royal Logistic Corps, based at Kineton.

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm the death of Major Stephen Alexis Ballard. He died of natural causes on 30 March 2003.

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm the death of Marine Christopher R Maddison, 9 Assault Squadron Royal Marines, who was killed in action during fighting in the area of Basrah on 30 March 2003.

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm that Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull of The Blues & Royals, Household Cavalry Regiment, was killed on 28 March 2003 in southern Iraq.

  • On Tuesday 25 March 2003, two soldiers from the Queen's Royal Lancers were killed when their Challenger 2 tank was accidentally hit by another Challenger 2 during a period of multiple engagements with Iraqi enemy forces.

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence confirms the death of Lieutenant Andrew Wilson of the Royal Navy, following the collision of two Mk 7 Sea King Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASAC) helicopters over int…

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Lieutenant James Williams of the Royal Navy was killed when two Mk 7 Sea King Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASAC) helicopters collided over internatio…

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Lieutenant Philip West, Royal Navy, was killed when two Mk 7 Sea King Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASAC) helicopters collided over international wate…

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm the death of Lieutenant Marc Lawrence, from 849 Squadron RNAS Culdrose on Saturday 22 March 2003.

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Lieutenant Antony King was killed when two Mk 7 Sea King Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASAC) helicopters collided over international waters in the Gul…

  • It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Sergeant Steven Mark Roberts, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was killed in action near Al Zubayr, south west of Basrah, on 24 March.

  • The Ministry of Defence regrets to announce the death of Lance Corporal Baz Stephen, who was 31 and from Perth. He was a member of 1st Battalion, The Black Watch, and was serving with his regiment in Southern Iraq when he wa…

  • Two British soldiers were reported missing, later confirmed as killed, after an attack on British military vehicles in southern Iraq on Sunday 23 March 2003.

  • At around 0130 GMT on Saturday 22 March 2003, two Royal Navy Sea King Mk 7 Airborne Early Warning helicopters collided over the northern Arabian Gulf.

  • On Saturday 22 March 2003, an RAF GR4 Tornado aircraft from RAF Marham, which was returning from an operational mission, was engaged near the Kuwaiti border by a Patriot missile battery. Both aircrew were killed.

  • At around midnight GMT on Friday 21 March 2003, a US Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed south of the Kuwait border with US and UK personnel aboard; there were no survivors. Eight personnel from 3 Commando Briga…

  • It is with very deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm the deaths of two soldiers following an incident in Kabul on 17 August 2002.

  • It is with very deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm that Lance Corporal Darren John George from the Royal Anglian Regiment, serving with the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, has died afte…