British fatalities during Operation Telic

Since the start of operations in Iraq, 176 British service personnel have died (6 of them female) [ MOD 03/04/07 - Operations In Iraq: British Fatalaties [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets/OperationsInIraqBritishFatalities.htm] ] and many more have been wounded. Of the 176 fatalities, 136 personnel are classified as having been killed in hostile circumstances, with the remaining 40 losing their lives as a result of illness, accidents or suicide. The first casualties were sustained on 21 March 2003, with the bloodiest single day of the campaign being 30 January 2005 when a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft was shot down between Baghdad and Balad, killing all 10 servicemen on-board. Full non-fatal casualty records are currently only available for the period after 01 January 2006. Since that date, 3,115 British personnel have been wounded, injured or fallen ill (315 wounded in action); 1,536 of whom required aeromedical evacuation [MOD - Operations in Iraq: British Casualties [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets/OperationsInIraqBritishCasualties.htm] ] . However, these totals are likely to rise significantly as and when full records for 2003 to 2006 become available.

British Dead (By Arm / Service)

Royal Navy

* Fleet Air Arm
** 847 Naval Air Squadron (Westland Lynx AH.7) - 1
** 849 Naval Air Squadron (Westland Sea King AEW.7) - 6
* 29 Commando Regiment - 1

Total: 8

Royal Marines

* 3 Commando Brigade - 5
** UK Landing Force Command Support Group - 2
** 45 Commando - 1
** 9 Assault Squadron - 1
** 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines - 1
** 847 Naval Air Squadron (Westland Lynx AH.7) - 1

Total: 11

British Army

* Household Cavalry Regiment - 3
* Royal Armoured Corps
** 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards - 2
** Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - 2
** 9th/12th Royal Lancers - 1
** King's Royal Hussars - 1
** Queen's Royal Lancers - 5
** Royal Tank Regiment - 3
* Royal Regiment of Artillery - 8
* Corps of Royal Engineers - 3
* Royal Corps of Signals - 5
* The Infantry
** Guards Division
*** Coldstream Guards - 2
*** Scots Guards - 1
*** Irish Guards - 4
*** Welsh Guards - 1
** Scottish Division
*** Royal Highland Fusiliers - 1
*** Black Watch - 7
*** The Highlanders - 1
*** Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 1
*** 52nd Lowland Regiment - 2
*** Royal Regiment of Scotland - 2
** Queen's Division
*** Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - 2
*** Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 4
*** Royal Anglian Regiment - 2
** King's Division
*** Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 7
*** Queen's Lancashire Regiment - 1
*** Yorkshire Regiment - 1
*** Tyne-Tees Regiment - 1
** Prince of Wales' Division
*** 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment - 1
*** Staffordshire Regiment - 4
*** Royal Welch Fusiliers - 1
*** Royal Regiment of Wales - 1
*** Royal Welsh - 3
** Light Division
*** Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry - 1
*** Light Infantry - 3
*** Royal Green Jackets - 1
*** The Rifles - 8
** Parachute Regiment - 6
* Army Air Corps - 1
* Royal Logistic Corps - 5
* Royal Army Medical Corps - 3
* Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - 5
* Adjutant General's Corps
** Royal Military Police - 12
* Intelligence Corps - 3

Total: 131

Royal Air Force

* Strike Command - 1
* RAF Benson - 2
** No. 33 Squadron RAF (Puma HC.1) - 1
* RAF Lyneham - 3
** No. 47 Squadron RAF (Hercules C.1/C.3) - 5
* RAF Marham
** No. IX (B) Squadron (Tornado GR.4) - 2
* RAF Aldergrove
** No. 230 Squadron RAF (Puma HC.1) - 1
* RAF Brize Norton - 1
* RAF Regiment
** 1 Squadron - 3
** 16 Squadron - 1
** 504 Squadron RAuxAF - 1
* Royal Air Force Police - 1

Total: 22

Civilian Service Associated Personnel

* Ministry of Defence Fire Service - 1

Total: 1

Other

* Unknown - Details Not Released - 3

Total: 3

British Dead (Rank - Name - Incident - Date)

(NB: IED = Improvised Explosive Device. RTA = Road Traffic Accident)

2008

Combat Fatalities: 2, Other Fatalities: 0, Wounded in Action: 20, Other Injured: 493.

Where a fatality's details are withheld it is normally because they were a member of the special forces.

2005

Combat Fatalities: 20, Other Fatalities: 3, Wounded in Action: UNAVAILABLE, Other Injured: UNAVAILABLE.

References

External links

* [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets/OperationsInIraqBritishFatalities.htm British Fatalities in Iraq (MoD)] MoD site providing details of fatalities in operations in Iraq
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3847051.stm British military fatalities in Iraq] BBC News article with details of fatalities.
* [http://craigmurrayfriends.blogspot.com/2007/05/british-casualty-trends.html British Casualty Monitor: Tracking the war in Iraq]