GREAT BRITAIN

14 February 2010

Kingsman Sean Dawson, 19, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Manchester, England

Chindit Company, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

Dawson was part of an ambush set up 300 meters northwest of Patrol Base Minden in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2010. The ambush engaged suspected insurgents with small arms fire and Dawson was shot and killed.