serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1991 -- 2009 15px british army 1st battalion welsh guards 1 july 2009 near lashkar gah , afghanistan kirtlington , oxfordshire united kingdom united kingdom member of the order of the british empire '' ` the troubles '' ' 17 october 1969 lieutenant colonel rupert thorneloe fair use.jpg rupert thorneloe
 rupert stuart michael thorneloe
rupert thorneloe

lieutenant colonel rupert stuart michael thorneloe mbe -lrb- 17 october 1969 -- 1 july 2009 -rrb- was a british army officer who was killed in action on 1 july 2009 near lashkar gah , helmand province in southern afghanistan .
, thorneloe is the highest-ranking british army officer to be killed in action since lt col ` h ' .
jones 's death in 1982 during the falklands war .
