HERE is a roll call of the British personnel from the North-East and North Yorkshire to have died on service during Operation Telic since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
2003 MARCH 2003 :: Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, of Scarborough. 9 Assault Squadron Royal Marines.
JUNE 2003 :: Corporal Simon Miller, 21, of Washington, Tyne & Wear. Royal Military Police.
:: Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, 23, of Northallerton, North Yorks. Royal Military Police.
2005 JANUARY 2005 :: Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson, 34, of York. 47 Squadron, RAF.
MARCH 2005 :: Private Mark Dobson, 41, of County Durham. B (Green Howards) Company, Tyne-Tees Regiment.
MAY 2005 :: Guardsman Anthony Wakefield, 24, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards 2007 JANUARY 2007 :: Private Michael Tench, 18, of Sunderland. 2nd Battalion the Light Infantry.
APRIL 2007 :: Rifleman Aaron Lincoln, 18, of Durham. 2nd Battalion, The Rifles.
:: Corporal Kris O'Neill, 27, of Catterick. Royal Army Medical Corps.
:: Sergeant Mark McLaren, 27, of Ashington, Northumberland. 230 Squadron, RAF.
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