ISAAC Alex Pte 30012080
Of The Wirrall on 23 June 2010 aged 20. Pte Isaac stated training at the Army Training Regiment in Bassingbourn after leaving school in 2006; he completed the Combat Infantryman’s Course at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick, joining 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment on 12 May 2008. His age prevented service with the Battalion in Iraq but he was soon deployed to the Falklands and Kenya for training exercises, demonstrating a high level of competence during pre-deployment training for Afghanistan. Following Mission Specific Training in readiness for deployment on Op Herrick 12, he moved from C Company to B Company. Soon after deployment, he formed part of a team tasked with advising the Afghan National Police in Gereshk City, Helmand Province. The Police Advisory Team has been providing assistance to the Afghan Police in order to enhance their effectiveness and promote local security, economic development and the rule of law. On 23 June 2010, following an incident at a Police Check Point near Gereshk, Private Isaac’s team, with the Afghan National Police, deployed as a Quick Reaction Force in support of their Afghan colleagues. The vehicle in which he was travelling overturned into the Nahr-e-Bughra Canal. Pte Isaac died in the incident at approximately 2208 hrs local.
JONES Ellison “Ellis” Sgt 4973947
Of Chilwell on 29 December 2009 aged 93. He enlisted into The Sherwood Foresters in 1934, embarking with B Company of the 1st Battalion on the HT Dorsetshire to Bermuda in 1935. He was taken prisoner by the Germans at the fall of Tobruk and became a Prisoner of War in various camps, the last known being Stalag 4B at Muhlberg (Elbe) before being repatriated in 1945. After leaving the Army, he worked for Ericsson and later Plessey.
KAINE Pat CSgt
Of The Royal Hospital Chelsea on 3 September 2009 aged 78. He joined The North Staffordshire Regiment as a Band Boy in India in 1946 and served in Korea, UK and Germany. After the amalgamation, he served in 1st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment in Kenya, Sharjah and Northern Ireland. He had a break in service and ran a public house. Among his many appointments, he was Drum Major in Dover in the late 1960s.
KELLY Ivan “Kel” Cpl 2397756
Of Chigwell on 14 April 2010 aged 64. Born in Kingswinford on 20 April 1945, he enlisted into The Worcestershire Regiment in Wolverhampton on 3 July 1963 and was posted to the 1st Battalion serving in Minden, Lydd and Gibraltar (where, as an
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experienced boxer, he trained the Regimental Boxing Team), Tobruk and Bulford in the Mortar Platoon. He was discharged from the Army in Bulford on 2 Jun 1969 after which he joined the TA in Kidderminster. In the 1970s, he moved to Chigwell and became a builder. He enjoyed sea fishing.
KELLY Ivan Jack Cpl 23977562
Of Chigwell, Essex, on 14 April 2010 aged 64. He joined 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment on 3rd July 1963 and served in Minden, Lydd, Gibraltar, Tobruk and Bulford. He was discharged from the Regiment in 1969 and became a member of the TA in Kidderminster.
KIDLEY Jack
Of Clifton, Nottingham, on 14 November 2009 aged 84. He was born in Bournemouth on 22 August 1925 and he enlisted into the General Service Corps in Birmingham in 1943. He served with The Worcestershire Regiment for three months but joined 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment on 18 March 1943. He fought at Arnhem with C Company of the 80th. He once spoke of foraging for eggs and a chicken during the battles at Oosterbeek, but was disturbed by a German tank which fired on him and a companion. He also said that he fought around the old church in Oosterbeek and remembered the frustration of trying to knock out a tank with a Bren gun. He spoke, also, of retreating towards the river as part of a rear guard action and, when there was no likelihood of escape, he and the rest of his remaining comrades disabled their weapons and threw them into the river before surrendering to the advancing and superior German forces. He was a POW from September 1944 until 12 May 1945; he was repatriated in May 1945 but he went back to Germany in February 1946 until November 1947. He was discharged in December 1948. After his service, Jack moved to Nottingham and worked at Raleigh and Bentley’s as a machine operator. He later worked for a local company contracted to Nottingham Council to work on the integrated heating system for the city.
KULUNG Remand Rfn 21171487
Of Basaha, Barshedanda, Nepal, on 12 August 2010 aged 27. He joined The
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Royal Gurkha Rifles in December 2004 and joined the 1st Battalion in November 2005 in Folkestone. During his career, Rfn Remand had served twice in Afghanistan - in 2008 and 2010. He moved with G (Tobruk) Company (a Gurkha reinforcement company) to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment in January 2009. Whilst with the Battalion, he served on exercise in Kenya and on operations in Afghanistan. G (Tobruk) Company had been attached to the Danish Battlegroup in the Upper Gereshk Valley in Helmand province since April 2010 providing security to the local population from a series of small patrol bases in order to promote Afghan governance and economic development. Rfn Remand’s Platoon had been operating from Patrol Base Bahadur, north west of Forward Operating Base Khar Nikah. In the early hours of Tuesday 10 August 2010, a Chinook helicopter was resupplying Patrol Base Bahadur. Part of the helicopter came into contact with a sangar near to an accommodation area where Rifleman Remand was resting. The sangar collapsed and Rfn Remand sustained serious injuries. He was evacuated to Bastion Role 3 hospital before being moved to UK for further treatment but he died of his injuries. He was a courageous, fit and highly capable soldier, committed to his profession and to his comrades. He had already served in Bosnia and had spent six long months in Afghanistan on Op Herrick 7 with his own regiment. On his return from that tour, he volunteered to serve with The Mercian Regiment, knowing that they were due to deploy to Afghanistan in 2010, his second tour in Helmand province. He had passed the highly demanding junior leadership course and was awaiting promotion. A passionate supporter of Manchester United and with a natural and sharp sense of humour, Remand Kulung settled easily into life with The Mercian Regiment. He had a lively nature, and lifted the morale of those around him, whether Nepali or British. He was the epitome of the Gurkha soldier: brave, determined and dedicated to his fellow soldiers.
LAFFAN Joseph Anthony “Paddy” WO2
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