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Post by Frenchie on Sept 7, 2010 2:22:30 GMT 1
Two British soldiers who died on the same day - one in Afghanistan, the other in a UK hospital - have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Captain Andrew Griffiths, 25, from 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS) Theatre Reserve Battalion died in Birmingham on Sunday. L/Cpl Joseph Pool, 26, from Royal Scots Borderers, was killed in Nad Ali. A total of 334 UK service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since military action began in 2001. Capt Griffiths died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham of injuries he received in an explosion in Afghanistan nine days earlier. He was leading his soldiers on an operation in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province when he was seriously hurt. Pride A Ministry of Defence statement said: "He was given exceptional first aid, which undoubtedly kept him alive, before being evacuated by his soldiers and returned to the UK for further treatment." Capt Griffiths' family said: "Andrew was a beloved son, brother and boyfriend who will be hugely missed for the joy he brought into our lives. "We are immensely proud of him and all that he has achieved in his all too short a life. He died doing a job he loved and excelled at." Full Story >>
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