Early day motion · EDM 28 · 27 May 2015
FATALITIES IN AFGHANISTAN (No. 25)
Tabled by Paul Flynn (Labour)
30 signatures
The motion
That this House salutes the bravery of the armed forces who served in Afghanistan and
records with sorrow the deaths of Marine Richard J Watson, 42 Commando Royal Marines,
aged 23, from Caterham, Surrey, Marine Jonathan Wigley, 45 Commando Royal Marines, aged
21, from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Marine Gary Wright, 45 Commando Royal Marines,
aged 22, from Glasgow, Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead, 1 Royal Irish Regiment, aged 29,
from Bearley, Warwickshire, Lance Corporal Luke McCulloch, 1 Royal Irish Regiment, aged
21, Corporal Mark William Wright, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, aged 27, from
Edinburgh, Private Craig O'Donnell, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The
Royal Regiment of Scotland, aged 24, from Clydebank, Flight Lieutenant Steven Johnson, aged
38, from Collingham, Nottinghamshire, Flight Lieutenant Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore, aged
28, from Bournemouth, Flight Lieutenant Gareth Rodney Nicholas, aged 40, from Newquay,
Cornwall, Flight Lieutenant Allan James Squires, aged 39, from Clatterbridge, Flight Lieutenant
Steven Swarbrick, aged 28, from Liverpool, Flight Sergeant Gary Wayne Andrews, aged 48,
from Tankerton, Kent, Flight Sergeant Stephen Beattie, aged 42, from Dundee, Flight Sergeant
Gerard Martin Bell, aged 48, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, Flight Sergeant Adrian Davies, aged 49,
from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Sergeant Benjamin James Knight, aged 25, from Bridgwater,
Sergeant John Joseph Langton, aged 29, from Liverpool, Sergeant Gary Paul Quilliam, aged 42,
from Manchester, Corporal Oliver Simon Dicketts, The Parachute Regiment, aged 27, Marine
Joseph David Windall, Royal Marines, aged 22, and Ranger Anare Draiva, 1 Royal Irish
Regiment, aged 27, from Fiji.
records with sorrow the deaths of Marine Richard J Watson, 42 Commando Royal Marines,
aged 23, from Caterham, Surrey, Marine Jonathan Wigley, 45 Commando Royal Marines, aged
21, from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Marine Gary Wright, 45 Commando Royal Marines,
aged 22, from Glasgow, Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead, 1 Royal Irish Regiment, aged 29,
from Bearley, Warwickshire, Lance Corporal Luke McCulloch, 1 Royal Irish Regiment, aged
21, Corporal Mark William Wright, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, aged 27, from
Edinburgh, Private Craig O'Donnell, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The
Royal Regiment of Scotland, aged 24, from Clydebank, Flight Lieutenant Steven Johnson, aged
38, from Collingham, Nottinghamshire, Flight Lieutenant Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore, aged
28, from Bournemouth, Flight Lieutenant Gareth Rodney Nicholas, aged 40, from Newquay,
Cornwall, Flight Lieutenant Allan James Squires, aged 39, from Clatterbridge, Flight Lieutenant
Steven Swarbrick, aged 28, from Liverpool, Flight Sergeant Gary Wayne Andrews, aged 48,
from Tankerton, Kent, Flight Sergeant Stephen Beattie, aged 42, from Dundee, Flight Sergeant
Gerard Martin Bell, aged 48, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, Flight Sergeant Adrian Davies, aged 49,
from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Sergeant Benjamin James Knight, aged 25, from Bridgwater,
Sergeant John Joseph Langton, aged 29, from Liverpool, Sergeant Gary Paul Quilliam, aged 42,
from Manchester, Corporal Oliver Simon Dicketts, The Parachute Regiment, aged 27, Marine
Joseph David Windall, Royal Marines, aged 22, and Ranger Anare Draiva, 1 Royal Irish
Regiment, aged 27, from Fiji.
Source: the official Early Day Motions database.