UNITED KINGDOM

15 November 2009

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Loren Owen Christopher Marlton-Thomas, 28, from 33 Engineer Regiment was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 15 November 2009.

Corporal Marlton-Thomas was mortally wounded by an improvised explosive device whilst conducting a route search to clear devices in the vicinity of Patrol Base Sandford, in the Gereshk area of Helmand province.