branch death_place death_date birth_place unit awards birth_date nickname rank article_title name
23px british army helmand , afghanistan 21 september 2009 aldershot , hampshire worcestershire and sherwood foresters regiment mercian regiment military cross 11 june 1980 locky sergeant michael lockett
 michael lockett
michael lockett

sergeant michael lockett mc -lrb- 11 june 1980 -- 21 september 2009 -rrb- was a british soldier , killed in action in afghanistan aged 29 .
an improvised explosive device which he was investigating exploded injuring lockett and two other soldiers .
lockett died before he reached hospital .
in june 2008 lockett was presented the military cross by queen elizabeth ii , for his efforts in an attempt to recover the bodies of pte. .
johan botha and sgt. craig brelsford , as well as successfully rescuing four other injured soldiers .
he is the first soldier to die on operations who has been awarded the military cross since ww2 .
