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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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Latest from icasualties.org

  • AP- Outgoing Karzai says Afghans need new president
    Afghanistan's outgoing leader Hamid Karzai said on Monday that his nation needs a new president and urged for a speedy conclusion to the ballot audit that will determine his successor. In a speech marking the start of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday that follows the fasting month of Ramadan, Karzai said that Afghans "want to have an outcome to the election as soon as possible, so that this country can have its president soon."
  • KP- Suicide bomber arrested with 1 ton of explosives in Paktika
    National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced Sunday that a deadly blast foiled in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan. NDS officials said a suicide bomber was arrested along with a vehicle containing one ton of explosives in connection to the attack plot.
  • Time- Awash in Guns, as Well as Narcotics
    The bad news out of Afghanistan this week is that the U.S. military’s accounting for the arsenals the Pentagon is giving to Afghan security forces is plagued by “incompatible inventory systems” that generate “missing serial numbers, inaccurate shipping and receiving dates, and duplicate records,” according to a new report from the top U.S. government investigator inside Afghanistan.
  • kuwaittimes- Taleban attack Afghan police chief’s home
    Taleban insurgents attacked the home of a well-known provincial police chief in restive southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing a civilian and a border policeman before being shot dead by police, officials said. The six gunmen, all of whom were wearing suicide vests, launched the attack from a school building near Gen. Abdul Razeq’s house in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, but were shot dead before they could enter the residence, provincial police spokesman Zia Durani said.
  • thinkprogress- How Missing American Guns Might Be Fueling Terrorists In Afghanistan
    Over the past decade, the U.S. has poured unimaginable amounts of money into training and equipping Afghanistan’s army. Now, the Department of Defense office in charge of auditing the process is saying many of the 747,000 weapons given to the ANSF have gone missing and could end up fueling escalating attacks by Taliban insurgents if they fall into the wrong hands.
  • NYTimes- Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan
    Taliban fighters are scoring early gains in several strategic areas near the capital this summer, inflicting heavy casualties and casting new doubt on the ability of Afghan forces to contain the insurgency as the United States moves to complete its withdrawal of combat troops, according to Afghan officials and local elders.
  • KP- Explosion in capital Kabul leaves Afghan army officer martyred
    An Afghan army national army (ANA) officer was martyred following an explosion in capital Kabul early Saturday. According to the security officials the incident took place around 7:00 am local time in Abdul Haq Square.
  • DoD- Army Casualty Identified (2 of 2)
    Pfc. Keith M. Williams, 19, of Visalia, Calif... died July 24, in Mirugol Kalay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. These soldiers were assigned 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
  • KP- 24 militants killed during Afghan army operations
    At least 24 militants were killed during military operations by Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers during the past 48 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) following a statement said Saturday that the operations were conducted in Zabul, Helmand, Wardak, Kandahar, Paktia and Uruzgan provinces.
  • DoD- Army Casualty Identified
    Pfc. Donnell A. Hamilton, Jr., 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died July 24, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, from an illness sustained in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

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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