Soldier dies of wounds at Selly Oak

The soldier died at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital yesterday evening as a result of wounds sustained in an explosion which occurred in the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand province on the morning of 21 February 2010.

Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, said:

"It is with sadness I must inform you that one of our comrades succumbed to his wounds last night in Selly Oak Hospital.
 
"He was from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, and had been seriously wounded in an explosion in the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand province during the morning of 21 February 2010.
 
"It happened while he was on a patrol to the north of Musa Qal'ah district centre, part of the ongoing successful operations in the Musa Qal'ah area to drive the insurgents away from the local people and away from the district centre.
 
"He was one of us, one of our own, who fell doing his duty; we will remember him."

Next of kin have been informed and have asked for a period of grace before further details are released.

This death was not connected to Operation MOSHTARAK.