FATALITIES IN AFGHANISTAN (No. 18)

That this House salutes the bravery of the armed forces serving in Afghanistan and records with sorrow the deaths of Private Douglas Halliday, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, aged 20 from Wallasey, Merseyside, Lance Corporal David Ramsden, 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, aged 26 from Leeds, Colour Sergeant Martyn Horton, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, aged 34 from Runcorn, Bombardier Stephen Raymond Gilbert, 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, aged 36 from Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, Corporal Jamie Kirkpatrick, 101 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), aged 32 from Llanelli, Royal Marine Corporal Seth Stephens, Trooper James Anthony Leverett, Royal Dragoon Guards, aged 20 from Sheffield, Private Thomas Sephton, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, aged 20 from Warrington, Bombardier Samuel Joseph Robinson, 5th Regiment Royal Artillery, aged 31 from Carmarthen, Marine David Charles Hart, 40 Commando Royal Marines, aged 23 from Upper Poppleton, North Yorkshire, Corporal Arjun Purja Pun, 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, aged 33 from Khibang village in the Magdi District in Nepal, Lieutenant Neal Turkington, 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, aged 26 from Craigavon, Major James Joshua Bowman, 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, aged 34 from Salisbury, Marine Matthew Harrison, 40 Commando Royal Marines, aged 23 from Hemel Hempstead, Marine Jonathan David Thomas Crookes, 40 Commando Royal Marines, aged 26 from Birmingham, Senior Aircraftman Kinikki `Griff' Griffiths, aged 20, Sergeant David Thomas Monkhouse, The Royal Dragoon Guards, age 35 from Aspatria, Cumbria and Staff Sergeant Brett George Linley, The Royal Logistics Corps, aged 29 from Birmingham.