Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 40, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards , and Trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment , were killed when an improvised explosive device was detonated under their Viking armoured vehicle . They had been travelling along the Shamalan Canal, near Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, on their way to resupply an offensive underway currently against the Taliban.
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 40, Commanding Officer of the , and Trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, of the , were killed when an improvised explosive device was detonated under their . They had been traveling along the Shamalan Canal, near Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, on their way to resupply an offensive underway currently against the Taliban.
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1st Battalion Welsh Guards
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2nd Royal Tank Regiment
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