Posts Tagged ‘battalion’

Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

Friday, April 27th, 2012

A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards serving in Afghanistan dies from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Returning soldiers parade in town

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment hold a homecoming march in Market Drayton, Shropshire.

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Irish Guards killed by bomb named

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Maj Matthew Collins and L/Sgt Mark Burgan, both of 1st Battalion The Irish Guards, died on Wednesday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb.

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Suicide Bomber Kills 10 Soldiers at Iraq Army Post

Monday, March 14th, 2011

A suicide bomber blew up his booby-tapped car early Monday outside an Iraqi army battalion headquarters in the country’s east, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 29 people in a bombing that brought down the building.

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Killed soldier was from N Ireland

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday was from Northern Ireland, the BBC has learnt.

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UK soldier dies in Helmand blast

Monday, February 14th, 2011

A soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

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RIR soldier dies in Afghanistan

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

A soldier from Northern Ireland, who was a member of 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, has died in an “operational accident” in Afghanistan.

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Soldier dies in Afghan ‘accident’

Friday, February 4th, 2011

A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment has died in an “operational accident” in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Army names 350th Afghan casualty

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Private Martin George Bell, of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, died in an explosion on Tuesday in Helmand province.

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Afghanistan blast kills soldier

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

A soldier from 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Afghanistan soldier named by MoD

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

A soldier killed by suspected ‘friendly fire’ in Afghanistan is named as Private John Howard, from 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.

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Soldier dies in Afghanistan blast

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment is killed by an explosion in Afghanistan on Remembrance Day.

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