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12/08/2010
Afghanistan Blast Soldier Dies In UK
Yet another soldier has died as a result of the conflict in Afghanistan.
He died in a UK hospital after being injured in an explosion, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
He served with the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) and was on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand when he was wounded on 13 July.
The MoD said he died while surrounded by his family, at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, on Wednesday.
The death brings the number of British service personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001, to 328.
Following the explosion, the soldier was initially treated at the scene before being flown to the UK.
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He died in a UK hospital after being injured in an explosion, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
He served with the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) and was on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand when he was wounded on 13 July.
The MoD said he died while surrounded by his family, at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, on Wednesday.
The death brings the number of British service personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001, to 328.
Following the explosion, the soldier was initially treated at the scene before being flown to the UK.
(BMCC/GK)
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