This is a list of deaths among UK military personnel in Iraq. Casualties are grouped where deaths have occurred in the same incident. Information is provided by the Ministry of Defence and pictures are included when available.
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Corporal Ian Plank |
31 |
Royal Marines |
31 October |
Killed by hostile fire during a coalition operation |
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Sergeant John Nightingale |
32 |
217 Transport Squadron |
23 September |
Died after an incident with firearms at Shaibah near Basra |
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Fusilier Russell Beeston |
26 |
52nd Lowland Regiment |
27 August |
Fatally wounded at Ali As Sharqi |
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Major Matthew Titchener |
32 |
150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
23 August |
Killed by gunmen in Basra |
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Company Sergeant Major Colin Wall |
34 |
150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Corporal Dewi Pritchard |
35 |
116 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Captain David Jones |
29 |
1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment |
14 August |
Bomb attack on a military ambulance in Basra |
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Private Jason Smith |
32 |
52nd Lowland Regiment |
13 August |
Cause of death under investigation |
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Captain James Linton |
43 |
40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
18 July |
Collapsed and died after a training run at Az Zubayr |
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Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell |
41 |
156 Provost Company, Royal Military |
24 June |
All six men died after an incident in Majar al Kabir |
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Corporal Russell Aston |
30 |
156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Corporal Paul Graham Long |
24 |
156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Corporal Simon Miller |
21 |
156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde |
23 |
156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Lance-Corporal Thomas Richard Keys |
20 |
156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police |
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Leonard Harvey |
55 |
Defence Fire Service |
22 May |
Died in hospital after falling ill in Iraq |
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Corporal David John Shepherd |
34 |
Royal Air Force Police |
19 May |
Died from natural causes |
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Gunner Duncan Pritchard |
22 |
Royal Air Force Regiment |
8 May |
Died from injuries from a traffic accident in Iraq |
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Private Andrew Kelly |
18 |
3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment |
6 May |
Died in an accident |
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Lance Corporal James McCue |
27 |
7 Air Assault Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
30 April |
Died following explosion in southern Iraq, cause under investigation |
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Lieutenant Alexander Tweedie |
25 |
Blues and Royals Household Cavalry Regiment |
23 April |
Died in UK hospital from injuries suffered when his light armoured vehicle overturned in southern Iraq |
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Piper Christopher Muzvuru |
21 |
1st Battalion, Irish Guards |
6 April |
Killed in action at Basra |
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Lance Corporal Ian Keith Malone |
28 |
1st Battalion, Irish Guards |
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Fusilier Kelan John Turrington |
18 |
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
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Lance Corporal Karl Shearer |
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Household Cavalry Regiment |
1 April |
Died when his light armoured vehicle overturned |
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Staff Sergeant Chris Muir |
32 |
Royal Logistic Corps |
31 March |
Killed during an explosive ordnance disposal operation |
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Major Steve Ballard |
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Royal Marines |
30 March |
Died of natural causes |
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Marine Christopher R Maddison |
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539 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines |
30 March |
Killed in Iraqi attack on a British river patrol on the Al Faw peninsula |
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Lance Corporal Shaun Andrew Brierley |
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212 Signal Squadron 1 (UK) Armoured Division |
30 March |
Killed in a road traffic accident in Kuwait |
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Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull |
25 |
The Blues and Royals, Household Cavalry Regiment |
28 March |
Killed by so-called "friendly fire" when US aircraft attacked British armoured vehicle |
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Corporal Stephen John Allbutt |
35 |
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25 March |
Killed by 'friendly fire' outside Basra |
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Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke |
19 |
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Lance Corporal Barry Stephen |
31 |
1st Battalion The Black Watch |
24 March |
Killed in action at al-Zubayr near Basra |
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Sergeant Steven Mark Roberts |
33 |
2nd Royal Tank Regiment |
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Sapper Luke Allsopp |
24 |
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23 March |
Vehicle attacked near Basra. |
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Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth |
36 |
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Flight Lieutenant Kevin Barry Main |
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9 Squadron, RAF Marham |
23 March |
RAF Tornado shot down by 'friendly fire' over Kuwait |
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Flight Lieutenant David Williams |
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Lieutenant Tony King |
35 |
Royal Navy's 849 Squadron |
22 March |
Six killed when two Sea King helicopters collided over Gulf |
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Lieutenant Philip West |
32 |
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Lieutenant James Williams |
28 |
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Lieutenant Philip D Green |
31 |
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Lieutenant Marc A Lawrence |
26 |
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Lieutenant Andrew S Wilson |
36 |
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Captain Philip Guy |
29 |
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21 March |
Eight killed when CH-46 US Sea Knight helicopter crashed |
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Major Jason Ward |
34 |
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Colour Sergeant John Cecil |
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Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford |
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Marine Sholto Hedenskog |
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Sergeant Les Hehir |
34 |
Royal Artillery, 3 Commando Brigade |
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Lance Corporal Llywelyn Evans |
24 |
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Naval Rating Ian Seymour |
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