In Memoriam

[Grace]

From Great Britain

15 August 2009

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Private Richard Hunt, age 21, from 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh died at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Selly Oak on Saturday 15 August 2009 from wounds sustained in Helmand province two days previously.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sergeant Simon Valentine, 29, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 15 August 2009.

Sergeant Valentine died as a result of injuries sustained in an explosion that happened while on a foot patrol near Sangin, northen Helmand province.