In memory of the Fallen

1 RIFLES Battlegroup*- Afghanistan May 2011- Nov 2011
 
Rifleman Vijay Rai, 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, was killed by a gunshot wound when the checkpoint that he and his team were protecting in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, came under insurgent small arms fire on Saturday, 15 October 2011.
 
Marine David Fairbrother, Kilo Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines, was killed whilst on patrol in the village of Old Khorgajat, Nahr-e Saraj, Afghanistan on Monday 19 September 2011.
 
Lance Corporal Jonathan James McKinlay, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by a gunshot wound whilst on patrol in the village of Haji Khodin Nazar, in the Nahr-e Saraj (South) district of Helmand province in Afghanistan on Wednesday, 14 September 2011.
 
Sergeant Barry John Weston, Kilo Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines, was killed while leading a patrol operating near the village of Sukmanda in southern Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, on Tuesday, 30 August 2011.
 

Lieutenant Daniel John Clack, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by an improvised explosive device while on a patrol in the Shaparak area of the Nahr-e Saraj (South) district of Helmand province on Friday, 12 August 2011.
 
Corporal Mark Anthony Palin from 1st Battalion The Rifles was killed by an improvised explosive device in the Nahr-e Saraj (South) district of Helmand province on Monday, 18 July 2011.
 
Highlander Scott McLaren, from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, 4 July 2011, after going missing from Checkpoint Salaang in the Nahr-e Saraj (South) district of Helmand province.
 
Rifleman Martin Jon Lamb from 1st Battalion The Rifles was killed by an improvised explosive device while on a patrol in the Haji Kareen area of the Nahr-e Saraj (South) district, Helmand province, on Sunday 5 June 2011.
 
Lance Corpoal Martin Joseph Gill, from Kilo Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines, was killed when his Multiple was engaged by small-arms fire during a patrol in the Adensee area of Nahr-e Saraj (South) district, Helmand province, on Sunday, 5 June 2011.
 
Colour Serjeant Kevin Charles Fortuna from A Company, 1st Battalion The Rifles was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device while leading a patrol to disrupt enemy forces in the Saidabad Kalay area of the Nahr-e Saraj (South) District of Helmand province on Monday 23 May 2011.
 

 

 

* Funds raised are used to support RIFLES badged casualties and affected families.  However we feel strongly that as the 1 RIFLES battlegroup have lived, fought and died together as comrades they should be remembered together on this page.