It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal Barry Dempsey from The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, killed in Afghanistan on Monday 18 August 2008.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Signaller Wayne Bland from 16 Signal Regiment in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday 11 August 2008.

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Jonathan Mathews and Private Peter Joe Cowton in Afghanistan.

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death ofLance Corporal Kenneth Michael Rowe of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, attached to 2 PARA, on 24 July 2008.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal Jason Stuart Barnes, REME, on Tuesday 22 July 2008 in Afghanistan.

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Corporal Sarah Bryant of the Intelligence Corps, Corporal Sean Robert Reeve of the Royal Signals, Lance Corporal Richard Larkin and Paul Stout in Afghanistan on Tuesday 17 June 2008.

It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Lance Corporal James Bateman and Private Jeff Doherty of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regimenton Thursday 12 June 2008 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Private Nathan Cuthbertson, Private Daniel Gamble and Private Charles Murray of 2 PARA on Sunday 8 June 2008 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Private Gamble was 22. Ptes Cuthbertson and Murray were both 19 when they were murdered.

It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of James Thompson in Afghanistan on 19 May 2008.

It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Marine Dale Gostick, of 3 Troop Armoured Support Company, Royal Marines, in Afghanistan on Sunday 25 May 2008.

It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Trooper Ratu Babakobau of the Household Cavalry Regiment was killed on Friday 2 May 2008, in Helmand, Afghanistan.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Trooper Robert Pearson from the Queen’s Royal Lancers Regiment in Afghanistan yesterday, Monday 21 April 2008.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Senior Aircraftman Graham Livingstone of the Royal Air Force Regiment and Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment on Sunday 13 April 2008 in Afghanistan.

It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Lieutenant John Thornton and Marine David Marsh, both of 40 Commando Royal Marines, in southern Afghanistan on Sunday 30 March 2008.