FATALITIES IN AFGHANISTAN (No. 18)

That this House salutes the bravery of the armed forces who served in Afghanistan and records
with sorrow the deaths of Major Sean Birchall, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, aged 33, Lieutenant
Paul Mervis, 2nd Battalion The Rifles, aged 27, from London, Private Robert McLaren, The Black
Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, aged 20, from the Isle of Mull, Rifleman
Cyrus Thatcher, 2nd Battalion The Rifles, aged 19, from Reading, Lance Corporal Nigel Moffett,
The Light Dragoons, aged 28, from Belfast, Corporal Stephen Bolger, The Parachute Regiment,
Lance Corporal Kieron Hill, 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters),
aged 20, from Nottingham, Lance Corporal Robert Martin Richards, Armoured Support Group
Royal Marines, aged 24, from Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, Sapper Jordan Rossi, 25 Field
Squadron, 38 Engineer Regiment, aged 22, from West Yorkshire, Fusilier Petero 'Pat' Suesue, 2nd
Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, aged 28, from Fiji, Marine Jason Mackie, Armoured
Support Group Royal Marines, aged 21, from Bampton, Oxfordshire, Lieutenant Mark Evison,
1st Battalion Welsh Guards, aged 26, Sergeant Ben Ross, 173 Provost Company, 3rd Regiment
Royal Military Police, Corporal Kumar Pun, 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, Rifleman
Adrian Sheldon, 2 Rifles, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Corporal Sean Binnie, 3 Scots, aged 22,
Lance Sergeant Tobie Fasfous, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, aged 29, Corporal Dean Thomas John, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, aged 25, from Neath, and Corporal Graeme Stiff, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, aged 24, from Munster, Germany.