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08/03/2012
MOD Confirms Names Of Six Soldiers Killed In Helmand
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the names of the six service personnel believed to have been killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Sergeant Nigel Coupe, 33, Corporal Jake Hartley, 20, Private Anthony Frampton, 20, Private Christopher Kershaw, 20, Private Daniel Wade, 20, and Private Daniel Wilford, 21, are believed to be dead after their armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
The families of the soldiers have been informed.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, said: "This tragic incident brings home to us the dangers that are faced on a daily basis by the men and women of our Armed Forces deployed in Afghanistan. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the six soldiers who are missing, believed killed, and also with their colleagues, both in Afghanistan and the UK, whose brave work continues or is about to start."
(CD/GK)
Sergeant Nigel Coupe, 33, Corporal Jake Hartley, 20, Private Anthony Frampton, 20, Private Christopher Kershaw, 20, Private Daniel Wade, 20, and Private Daniel Wilford, 21, are believed to be dead after their armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
The families of the soldiers have been informed.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, said: "This tragic incident brings home to us the dangers that are faced on a daily basis by the men and women of our Armed Forces deployed in Afghanistan. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the six soldiers who are missing, believed killed, and also with their colleagues, both in Afghanistan and the UK, whose brave work continues or is about to start."
(CD/GK)
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