Great Britain

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sergeant David Thomas Monkhouse, 35, from Aspatria; The Royal Dragoon Guards, was killed in Afghanistan, yesterday, Saturday 17 July 2010.

Sergeant Monkhouse, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North), was killed in an explosion in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province.