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The old guard passes : July 2014

Marking the passing of those who have served this country. Comments from relatives, friends and comrades welcome

ELLICOCK Lt Col John (Jack) Henry Ellicock RA died 20th July 2014 aged 87

HEATHCOTE Brigadier Sir Gilbert Heathcote Bt CBE 21 September 1913 - 15 April 2014

Royal Artillery. Landed on D-Day, Op Market Garden. Devised fireplan for airborne phase of Rhine crossing 1945.

HEMPSALL Major Ernest Hempsall died 29th June 2014

JONES Sqn Ldr William John Cambell Jnes died 4th July 2014 aged 94

KEMBALL Brig Humphrey Gurdon Kemball CBE, MC 6 Nov 1919- 6 May 2014

BEF France with South Lancashires. Wounded, MC. After D day HQ 21st Army Group. Later Military Attache in Moscow

LEWIS Sqn Ldr Laurence Godfrey (Larry) Lewis DFC, DFM, AE

Sgt air gunner in Wellington attack in Scharnhorst, commissioned as pilot. first 2 1000 bomber raids, Dakota resupply over "the Hump"

PATTERSON Lt Col Howard "Pat" Paterson died 7th July 2014 aged 94

SWINLEY Captain Casper William Carnegie Swinley OBE, RN died 24th June 2014

 

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Saturday, 19 July 2014 08:42

The old guard passes : June 2014

ASH John Garton Ash MC died 25th June 2014 aged 95

AYERST Wing Cdr Peter Vigne Ayhurst DFC 4 November 1920 - 15 May 2014

Hurricanes in France 1939, OTU instructor Battle of Britain, Western Desert (shot down), D-Day intercepts and low level escort. Test pilot, RAF 1948-1973

BURNE Major David Sinclair Burne RA died 26th June 2014 aged 93

HUTTON Maj John Michael Coats Hutton KOYLI died 23rd June 2014 aged 87

PAWLEY Margaret Grozier Hawley (nee Herbertson) 22 March 1922 - 28th Feb 2014 Fluent German speaking SOE radio operator and coder Cairo, Siena, 

PEMBERTON Major Andrew Pemberton 14th/20th Hussars died 2nd June 2014 aged 79

SHARLAND Freydis Sharland (nee Leaf) pilot, Air Transport Auxiliary (ferried 110 Spitfires) 22nd September 1920 - 24th May 2014

WHITE Admiral Sir Hugo Moresby White GCB, CBE, DL 22nd October 1939 - 1st June 2014

Cod War 1975 Captain of 4th Frigate Squadron in Falklands (on board HMS Avenger) C in C Fleet

 

Defence Industry:

Gerald Boxall CBE

Gordon Cambell CBE - late Babcock

 

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Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:05

In the service of their country : US combat deaths Nov 13-May 14

In the Service of Their Country: US Losses in Combat, December 2013 - May 2014 is compiled by Elayne Jude, Senior Research Associate, U K Defence Forum

18 United States Forces' combat deaths during this period are recorded on the next page

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Friday, 13 June 2014 00:51

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  • NATO- ISAF casualties, July 24, 2014
    KABUL, Afghanistan (July 24, 2014) — Two International Security Assistance Force service members died as a result of an enemy forces attack in southern Afghanistan today.
  • AP- 2 Finnish aid workers killed in Afghanistan
    Gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire and killed two Finnish women aid workers in the western Afghan city of Herat on Thursday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks on foreign civilians that has rattled aid workers, contractors and journalists. The two women were riding in a taxi when they were shot dead, said Sami Wafa, the chief of staff of the Herat governor. Herat police spokesman Raouf Ahmadi said the taxi driver had been detained as part of the investigation.
  • KP- Explosion rocks Khair Khana area in Kabul city
    A heavy explosion rocked Khair Khana area in capital Kabul late Wednesday night. Preliminary reports suggest the blast took place due to a magnetic bomb which went off near a residential house.
  • wral- Over 1,700 Fort Bragg troops to head to Afghanistan this fall
    Over 1,700 soldiers from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, will head to Afghanistan this fall, the military announced Wednesday. The soldiers were originally supposed to depart last week but were delayed due to severe weather.
  • WaPo- In Kabul, vote recount delayed in dispute over what constitutes a fraudulent ballot
    Election authorities on Wednesday halted the inspection of about 8 million ballots cast in last month’s presidential runoff in Afghanistan, heightening concerns that an already chaotic process to choose the country’s new leader could take months to complete.
  • deccanherald- Two Indian guards killed in Kabul
    Two Indians were among five foreign guards killed in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul on Tuesday. Both Indians were employed as security guards with American company DynCorp.

British military casualties - Editorial policy

In the service of our country.

Eulogies for all personnel killed on UK operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere are posted as soon as they have been released by the UK Ministry of Defence. Each eulogy we publish for men down in operations brings a lump to the throat. We are losing the best of the best. Politicians must ensure that, when the newspaper cuttings have faded, their sacrifice has had some meaning, has helped bring about a good result. Anything else would be a waste for which they will be eternally condemned.

There is invariably at least a 24 hour gap between the official release of news of an event and the naming of the dead. This is to allow families to be informed and proper eulogoies to be produced. Occasionally families request no euologies or comment. We abide by guidance we receive on such sensitive matters. We regret that information on those who sacrifice almost as much through grave injury is seldom released by the MoD for operational reasons, and so we are unable to pay tribute.
 

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