List of British casualties during the Iraq War

During the Iraq War, 179 British service personnel and at least three UK Government civilian staff died.

Many more were wounded. Of the more than 183 fatalities, 138 personnel were classified as having been killed in hostile circumstances, with the remaining 44 losing their lives as a result of illness, accidents/friendly fire, or suicide. The first casualties were sustained on 21 March 2003, with the bloodiest single day of the campaign being 30 January 2005 when a Royal Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft was shot down between Baghdad and Balad, killing all 10 servicemen on board. Steven Roberts (2nd Royal Tank Regiment) is recorded as the first soldier killed in the operation (albeit by friendly fire); two Royal Engineers were killed the previous day by a hostile crowd. Full non-fatal casualty records are currently only available for the period after 1 January 2006. From that date until the end of operations, 3,598 British personnel were wounded, injured or fell ill (315 wounded in action), 1,971 of whom required aeromedical evacuation.

British dead (by service) Royal Navy Royal Navy – 8

Total: 8

Royal Marines Royal Marines – 11

Total: 11

British Army Household Cavalry Regiment – 3 Royal Armoured Corps 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards – 2 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – 2 9th/12th Royal Lancers – 1 King's Royal Hussars – 1 Queen's Royal Lancers – 5 Royal Tank Regiment – 3 Royal Regiment of Artillery – 8 Corps of Royal Engineers – 4 Royal Corps of Signals – 5 The Infantry Guards Division Coldstream Guards – 2 Scots Guards – 1 Irish Guards – 4 Scottish Division Royal Highland Fusiliers – 1 Black Watch – 7 The Highlanders – 1 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders – 1 52nd Lowland Regiment – 2 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 2 Queen's Division Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment – 3 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers – 4 Royal Anglian Regiment – 2 King's Division Duke of Lancaster's Regiment – 7 Queen's Lancashire Regiment – 1 Yorkshire Regiment – 1 Tyne-Tees Regiment – 1 Prince of Wales' Division Staffordshire Regiment – 4 Royal Welch Fusiliers – 1 Royal Regiment of Wales – 1 Royal Welsh – 3 Light Division Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry – 1 Light Infantry – 3 Royal Green Jackets – 1 The Rifles – 8 Parachute Regiment – 3 Special Air Service – 8 Army Air Corps – 2 Royal Logistic Corps – 5 Royal Army Medical Corps – 3 Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – 5 Adjutant General's Corps Royal Military Police – 12 Intelligence Corps – 3

Total: 137

Royal Air Force RAF Strike Command – 1 RAF Benson – 2 No. 33 Squadron RAF (Puma HC.1) – 1 RAF Lyneham – 3 No. 47 Squadron RAF (Hercules C.1/C.3) – 5 RAF Marham No. IX (B) Squadron (Tornado GR.4) – 2 RAF Aldergrove No. 230 Squadron RAF (Puma HC.1) – 1 RAF Brize Norton – 1 RAF Regiment 1 Squadron – 3 16 Squadron – 1 504 Squadron RAuxAF – 1 Royal Air Force Police – 1

Total: 22

UK government civilian personnel Ministry of Defence Fire Service – 1 Department of Health and Social Care – 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (contractor) – 2

Total: 4

British dead (rank – name – age – unit – incident – date) (NB: IED = improvised explosive device. RTA = road traffic accident. Non-hostile = friendly fire.)

2003 Combat fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 13, wounded in action: n/a, other injured: n/a. Rank Name Age Unit Cause of death Location DatePrivateRyan Thomas Royal Regiment of WalesRTA 6 November 2003CorporalIan Plank Royal MarinesSmall arms fire 31 October 2003SergeantJohn Nightingale Royal Logistic CorpsAccident 23 September 2003FusilierRussell Beeston 52nd Lowland RegimentKilled in action 27 August 2003MajorMatthew Titchener Royal Military PoliceSmall arms fire 23 August 2003Warrant Officer Class 2Colin Wall Royal Military PoliceSmall arms fire 23 August 2003CorporalDewi Pritchard Royal Military PoliceSmall arms fire 23 August 2003CaptainDavid Jones Queen's Lancashire RegimentIED 14 August 2003PrivateJason Smith 52nd Lowland RegimentIllness 13 August 2003CaptainJames Linton Royal ArtilleryIllness 18 July 2003SergeantSimon Hamilton-Jewell Royal Military PoliceKilled by crowd 24 June 2003CorporalRussell Aston Royal Military PoliceKilled by crowd 24 June 2003CorporalPaul Long Royal Military PoliceKilled by crowd 24 June 2003CorporalSimon Miller Royal Military PoliceKilled by crowd 24 June 2003Lance CorporalBenjamin Hyde Royal Military PoliceKilled by crowd 24 June 2003Lance CorporalThomas Keys Royal Military PoliceKilled by crowd 24 June 2003Leonard Harvey Ministry of Defence Fire ServiceIllness 22 May 2003CorporalDavid Shepherd Royal Air Force PoliceIllness 19 May 2003GunnerDuncan Pritchard Royal Air Force RegimentRTA 8 May 2003PrivateAndrew Kelly Parachute RegimentAccident 6 May 2003Lance CorporalJames McCue Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersExplosion 30 April 2003FusilierKelan Turrington Royal Regiment of FusiliersFriendly fire 6 April 2003Lance CorporalIan MaloneIan Malone (died 2003) was a citizen of Ireland Irish GuardsKilled in action 6 April 2003PiperChristopher MuzvuruChristopher Muzvuru (died 2003) was a citizen of the Republic of Zimbabwe Irish GuardsKilled in action 6 April 2003LieutenantAlexander Tweedie Household Cavalry RegimentVehicle accident 1 April 2003Lance CorporalKarl Shearer Household Cavalry RegimentVehicle accident 1 April 2003Staff SergeantChris Muir Royal Logistic CorpsEOD operation 31 March 2003Lance CorporalShaun Brierly Royal SignalsRTA 30 March 2003MarineChristopher Maddison Royal MarinesFriendly fire 30 March 2003MajorSteve Ballard Royal MarinesIllness 30 March 2003Lance Corporal of HorseMatty Hull Household Cavalry RegimentFriendly fire 28 March 2003CorporalStephen Allbutt Queen's Royal LancersFriendly fire 25 March 2003TrooperDavid Clarke Queen's Royal LancersFriendly fire 25 March 2003Lance CorporalBarry Stephen Black WatchKilled in action 24 March 2003SergeantSteven Roberts 2nd Royal Tank RegimentFriendly fire 24 March 2003SapperLuke Allsopp Royal EngineersKilled by crowd 23 March 2003Staff SergeantSimon Cullingworth Royal EngineersKilled by crowd 23 March 2003Flight LieutenantKevin Main Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 'friendly fire' 23 March 2003Flight LieutenantDavid Rhys Williams Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 'friendly fire' 23 March 2003LieutenantPhilip Green Royal NavyHelicopter crash 22 March 2003LieutenantAntony King Royal NavyHelicopter crash 22 March 2003LieutenantMarc Lawrence Royal NavyHelicopter crash 22 March 2003LieutenantPhilip West Royal NavyHelicopter crash 22 March 2003LieutenantJames Williams Royal NavyHelicopter crash 22 March 2003LieutenantAndrew Wilson Royal NavyHelicopter crash 22 March 2003Colour SergeantJohn Cecil Royal MarinesHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003Lance BombardierLlywelyn Evans Royal ArtilleryHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003CaptainPhilip Stuart Guy Royal MarinesHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003MarineSholto Hedenskog Royal MarinesHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003SergeantLes Hehir Royal ArtilleryHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003Operator MaintainerIan Seymour Royal NavyHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003Warrant Officer Class 2Mark Stratford Royal MarinesHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003MajorJason Ward Royal MarinesHelicopter crashKuwait21 March 2003

2004 Combat fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 12, wounded in action: n/a, Other Injured: n/a. Rank Name Age Unit Cause of death Location DateSergeantPaul Connolly Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers'Found dead' 26 December 2004PrivatePita Tukutukuwaqa Black WatchIED8 November 2004SergeantStuart Gray Black WatchSuicide car-bomb4 November 2004PrivatePaul Lowe Black WatchSuicide car-bomb4 November 2004PrivateScott McArdle Black WatchSuicide car-bomb4 November 2004Staff SergeantDenise Michelle Rose Royal Military PoliceSuicide31 October 2004PrivateKevin McHale Black WatchRTA29 October 2004CorporalMarc Taylor Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersIED28 September 2004GunnerDavid Lawrence Royal ArtilleryIED28 September 2004FusilierStephen Jones Royal Welch FusiliersRTA10 September 2004Lance CorporalPaul Thomas The Light InfantrySmall arms fire17 August 2004PrivateMarc Ferns Black WatchIED12 August 2004PrivateLee O'Callaghan The Princess of Wales's Royal RegimentAttack on vehicles9 August 2004PrivateChristopher Rayment The Princess of Wales's Royal Regimentaccident4 August 2004Flight LieutenantKristian Gover Royal Air ForceHelicopter accident19 July 2004FusilierGordon Gentle Royal Highland FusiliersIED28 June 2004CorporalRichard Ivell Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersAccident12 February 2004SapperRobert Thompson Royal EngineersAccident31 January 2004RiflemanVincent Windsor Royal Green JacketsRTA21 January 2004Lance CorporalAndrew Craw Argyll and Sutherland HighlandersRange accident7 January 2004MajorJames Stenner Special Air ServiceRTA1 January 2004SergeantNorman Patterson Special Air ServiceRTA1 January 2004Mr.Mike McGovern Ministry of HealthIllness May 2004Mr.Robert Morgan Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeIED April 2004Mr.Mark Carman Foreign and Commonwealth Office (contractor)IEDApril 2004

2005 Combat fatalities: 20, other fatalities: 3, wounded in action: n/a, other injured: n/a. Rank Name Age Unit Cause of death Location DateSergeantJohn Jones Royal Regiment of FusiliersIED 20 November 2005SergeantChris Hickey Coldstream GuardsIED 18 November 2005CaptainKen Masters Royal Military PoliceSuicide 15 October 2005MajorMatthew Bacon Intelligence CorpsIED 11 September 2005FusilierDonal Anthony Meade Royal Regiment of FusiliersIED 5 September 2005FusilierStephen Robert Manning Royal Regiment of FusiliersIED 5 September 2005Second LieutenantRichard Shearer Staffordshire RegimentIED 16 July 2005PrivateLeon Spicer Staffordshire RegimentIED 16 July 2005PrivatePhillip Hewett Staffordshire RegimentIED 16 July 2005SignallerPaul William Didsbury Royal SignalsAccident 29 June 2005Lance CorporalAlan Brackenbury The King's Royal HussarsIED 29 May 2005GuardsmanAnthony John Wakefield Coldstream GuardsIED 2 May 2005PrivateMark Dobson Tyne-Tees RegimentSuicide 28 March 2005Squadron LeaderPatrick Marshall Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Flight LieutenantDavid Stead Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Flight LieutenantAndrew Smith Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Flight LieutenantPaul Pardoel Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Master EngineerGary Nicolson Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Chief TechnicianRichard Brown Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Flight SergeantMark Gibson Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005SergeantRobert O'Connor Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005CorporalDavid Williams Royal Air ForceAircraft shot down 30 January 2005Lance CorporalSteven Jones Royal SignalsAircraft shot down 30 January 2005

2006 Combat fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 2, wounded in action: 93, other injured: 1209.