On 27 April, Guardsman Michael Roland, aged 22, from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards was killed. [19], During July, Private Damien Raymond Jackson, aged 19, from 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, died as a result of injuries sustained during a firefight with Taliban forces at approximately 1400 hours local time in Sangin, central Helmand Province. This is mainly because the three main British political parties (Labour, Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats) all support British operations in the country. Corporal John Harrison from The Parachute Regiment was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 9 September 2009. [183], On 18 February, Lt Douglas Dalzell, aged 27, from 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, died in an explosion while on patrol in Babaji in Helmand province. An emergency response helicopter later took him to the medical facility at Camp Bastion for treatment, but he did not survive his injuries. Gdn Hickey was rapidly evacuated by helicopter but was pronounced dead on arrival at the field hospital. [54], Lance Corporal Paul "Sandy" Sandford, aged 23, from Nottingham, serving with 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, was killed while taking part in an offensive patrol with his company aimed at disrupting Taliban forces in the Upper Gereshk Valley area of Helmand Province on Wednesday 6 June 2007. [60] Two other soldiers were injured in the action. [57] Four other soldiers were also injured in the explosion. The marine died as a result of wounds sustained from enemy fire in an area to the south west of Sangin, in Northern Helmand. [170], On 3 January, Private Robert Hayes, aged 19, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment was killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand. He was working in Musa Qal'eh, Helmand province with private security company New Century,[241] when he exchanged fire with two escaped Taliban prisoners who were taking aim with a grenade launcher at a US special forces helicopter leaving a base. Sgt Robert Loughran-Dickson from the Royal Military Police died from gunshot wounds sustained on patrol in Nad-e-Ali in Helmand Province on 18 November 2009. [256], On 30 October, Sapper William Blanchard, aged 39, from 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment, died in an explosion in the Nahr-e Saraj North area, Helmand Province. A fierce firefight ensued and air support was requested and was supplied by two USAF F15E Aircraft, one of which dropped a bomb short of the intended target area killing the three soldiers.[62]. [191], On 6 March, Rfn Liam Maughan, aged 18, from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, died in a shooting while on patrol near Malgir in Helmand province. But the MV-22B Osprey aircraft, which can operate as both a helicopter and a turbo-prop aeroplane, escaped. [294], On 15 October, Rifleman Vijay Rai, aged 22, of the 1st Battalion Rifles Battle Group, was killed by small arms fire at a checkpoint in Helmand Province. Private Prior had been severely injured by an IED whilst on patrol on 16 March and was flown home but succumbed to his injuries two days later. [221], On 23 June, Sgt Steven William Darbyshire, aged 35, from Alpha Company, 40 Commando, was shot and killed while on patrol near Sangin in Helmand province. 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