MERCIAN REGIMENT, CHESHIRE , MEMORIAL
Cheshire Regiment Association
Memorial Garden,
Sandbach Cemetery
Op Herric 12 Afghanistan 2010
Corporal 25189142, Harvey Alex HOLMES, Ist Mercian Regiment, attached to 40 Commando, Royal Marines Battle Group, killed in explosion near to Patrol Base, Waterloo, in Sangin, Helmand province whilst providing protection for his patrol on the 2nd May 2010 aged 22. He is at rest in St Marys Churchyard, Newton-in-Mottram, Newton, Hyde, Greater ManchesterCorporal Holmes was 22 years old and from Hyde, Greater Manchester. He attended Astley High School in Dukinfield and enlisted in the Army in 2004He trained at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick and was posted to the 1st Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in 2005. He previously served on operations in Northern Ireland and Iraq.Corporal Holmes deployed with A Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, part of the 40 Commando Battle Group, to Sangin in April 2010.
Lance Corporal 25225791, Alan David COCHRAN, B (Malta) Coy ,1st Mercian Regiment, attached to the 1st Bn, The Royal Gurkha Rifle Group, killed in action 4th June 2010 aged 23. along with Cpl T Webster. He is at rest in St Marys Churchyard, Ysceifiog, Holywell, Flintshire
Lance Corporal Alan Cochran was 23 years old and was born in St Asaph, North Wales. He enlisted into the Army in 2006, was trained at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick, and posted to 1st Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in 2007. He had previously served in Northern Ireland and on operations in Iraq.
Corporal 25159658, Terry Lee WEBSTER, B (Malta) Coy ,1st Mercian Regiment, attached to the 1st Bn, The Royal Gurkha Rifle Group, killed in action 4th June 2010 aged 24. along with L/Cpl A D Cochran. He is at rest in Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Blacon Avenue, Chester, Cheshire
Corporal Terry Webster was 24 years old and was born in Chester. He enlisted into the Army in 2002 and joined the Corps of Royal Signals in 2003. He transferred to 1st Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in February 2006. He had previously served on operations in Northern Ireland and Iraq.
Private 25133582, Jonathan Michael MONK, 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province 9th June 2010 aged 25. He is at rest at Croydon Crematorium, Mitcham Road, Croydon
Private Jonathan Monk was 25 years old and from London. He joined the Army in 2001 aged 16 and joined 2nd Battalion The Princess of Waless Royal Regiment following completion of basic training.Initially in 6 Platoon, B Company, he completed tours of Iraq in 2005 and Northern Ireland in 2006. Thereafter he moved to the Javelin Platoon for a further three years, which included a tour of Afghanistan in 2008.
He left regular service in March 2009 to join the Fire Service but due to a delay in the recruitment process he volunteered for mobilisation with 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) for the duration of Op HERRICK 12.
Lance Corporal 25049671, Andrew Christopher BREEZE, 1st Mercian Regiment attached to the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Battle Group, killed in action by an explosion 12th June 2010, near Check Point, Kingshill. He was the son of Florence and Anthony. He is at rest in Glossop Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Glossop, Derbyshire
He enlisted in 1966, served in England, Cyprus, Northern Ireland 3 times , twice in Iraq and was deployed to Afghanistan on his first tour of duty in March 2010
Private 30034253, Douglas Niall HALLIDAY, 1st Mercian Regiment, killed when the vehicle in which he was travelling overturned into the Nahr-e-Bughra Canal near Gereshk, Helmand province on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 aged 20. along with Col /Sgt Horton, L/Cpl Ramsden and Pte Isaac He is at rest in Holy Cross Church Cemetery, Woodchurch, Wirral
Private Douglas Halliday was 20 years old and from Wallasey, Merseyside. He joined the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) on 28 January 2008 following basic training at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick.He started his career in B Company and then moved to C Company. He served in Northern Ireland, Kenya and on operations in Afghanistan.He undertook extensive Mission Specific Training in both the UK and Kenya in preparation for the deployment on Operation HERRICK 12. He moved back to B (Malta) Company and was assigned to the Police Advisory Team in Gereshk, Helmand Province.
Colour Sergeant 25022942, Martyn Simon HORTON, 1st Mercian Regiment, killed when the vehicle in which he was travelling overturned into the Nahr-e-Bughra Canal near Gereshk, Helmand province on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 aged 34. He is buried in Runcorn Cemetery, Greenway Road, Runcorn, Cheshire
Colour Sergeant Martyn Horton was 34 years old and from Runcorn. He enlisted into the Army in 1992 and joined 1st Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment.
He has served in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Belize and Kenya, and on operations in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. Promoted to Colour Sergeant in June 2009 he assumed the role of Reconnaissance Platoon Second-in-Command.
Moving from Support Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), he served with B (Malta) Company during the preparations for, and initial deployment on, Operation HERRICK 12 in Afghanistan.
He was then selected to command a team to train, advise and mentor the Afghan National Police in Gereshk, Helmand province, in order to further develop their capabilities and promote security and the rule of law.
Private 30012080 Alexander (Alec )ISAAC, 1st Mercian Regiment, killed when the vehicle in which he was travelling overturned into the Nahr-e-Bughra Canal near Gereshk, Helmand province on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 aged 20. He is at rest in Plymyard Cemetery, Bridle Road, Eastham, Wirral.
Private Alex Isaac was 20 years old and from the Wirral. Following training at the Army Training Regiment in Bassingbourn and the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick he joined the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) on 12 May 2008.
He served in the United Kingdom and Kenya and on operations in Afghanistan.
Following Mission Specific Training in readiness for deployment on Operation HERRICK 12, he moved from C Company to B (Malta) Company.
Lance Corporal 25122827, David Andrew RAMSDEN, 1st Yorkshire Regiment attached to 1st Mercian Regiment, killed when the vehicle in which he was travelling overturned into the Nahr-e-Bughra Canal near Gereshk, Helmand province on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 aged 20. He is at rest in Hareshill Cemetery, Kimberley Road, Leeds
Lance Corporal David Ramsden was 26 years old and from Leeds. He joined the Army in January 2002 and, following attendance at the Army Training Regiment Glencorse and the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick, joined 1st Battalion The Prince of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire in July 2002.
He served in the United Kingdom and Belize and on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq, and finally Afghanistan. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in October 2005 and left the Army in 2007 to pursue a career as a civilian.
Following mobilisation as a Regular Reservist, Lance Corporal Ramsden joined 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) in January 2010 and completed Mission Specific Training in readiness for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.
Private 30058320, Thomas SEPHTON, 1st Mercian Regiment On the morning of the Sunday 4 July 2010, operating in a Rifle Platoon, Pte Sephton deployed from Patrol Base Malvern tasked with providing flank protection to an IED clearance operation. Whilst clearing a route for his section he was caught in an IED blast and seriously wounded. Pte Sephton was extracted by helicopter to Bastion Role 3 Hospital and then flown to the UK. On the afternoon of the 5 July 2010, with his family present, the decision was taken to switch off his life support machine and he died of his wounds. He is at rest in Fox Covert Cemetery, Red Lane, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire
Pte Thomas Sephton was 20 years old and from Warrington. He enlisted into the Army in July 2008 and joined the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) [1 MERCIAN] in January 2009 following the Combat Infantrymans Course in Catterick. He joined Mortar Platoon and served in England, the Falkland Islands and Kenya, and operations in Afghanistan
Lieutenant 30056327, John Charles SANDERSON, 1st Mercian Regiment , attached to 1st BattalionThe Royal Gurkha Rifles Battle Group, He was wounded in an explosion whilst on patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of helmand province on July 13th 2010 He was treat at the scene and then flown to England where he died with his family at his bed side on Wednes 11th August 2010. He is at rest in Windlesham Cemetery, Church Road, Windlesham, Surrey
Lieutenant John Charles SandersonB (Malta) Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire)
Lt Sanderson was born in Oklahoma USA on 23 April 1981. He was educated at Bradfield College and Exeter University where he read history and was a member of the University Officer Training Corps. Immediately after university he joined the Royal Marines and began training on the Young Officers Course at Lympstone in September 2002, although he was forced to withdraw from the course having broken his ankle. Following this he had a brief foray into the world of finance before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, commissioning into the Mercian Regiment in April 2009. Following the Platoon Commanders Battle Course he joined the 1st Battalion in time to assume command of 1 Platoon, A Company, and deploy to Kenya to take part in Exercise Grand Prix.He successfully led his platoon through pre-deployment training and, shortly before deploying to Afghanistan, moved them to the newly re-formed B (Malta) Company in readiness for its deployment with the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Battlegroup on Operation HERRICK 12. The Company deployed to Patrol Base 1 in the Nahr-e Saraj (South) District of Helmand province. B (Malta) Company have spent the last four months improving the quality of the lives of hundreds of local Afghans around the villages of Enezai and Char Coucha in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand by providing much needed security and reassurance to the community in the area. On 13 July 2010, during an operation to the north east of Char Coucha, close to Patrol Base 1, Lt Sandersons 12-man multiple was occupying a compound in order to provide security for an IED clearance operation to take place. At 0626hrs local time, an explosion occurred, injuring Lt Sanderson.
Rifleman 21171487, Remand KULUNG , G. (Tobruk) Coy, 1st Mercian Regiment attached to the Danish Battle Group, died of his injuried on Thursday 12 August 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He is at rest in Aldershot Military Cemetery, Gallwey, Road, Aldershot, Hampshire .
In the early hours of Tuesday 10 August 2010, a Chinook helicopter was conducting a resupply at 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 subsequently being moved to the United Kingdom for further treatment.
At 1258 hrs on Thursday 12 August 2010, Rfn Remand Kulung died of his injuries in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with his family present.
Rfn Remand Kulung was 27 years old and from Basaha, Barshedanda, Nepal. He joined the Royal Gurkha Rifles in December 2004 and joined 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) in November 2005 in Folkestone, Kent.
During his career, Rfn Remand has served twice in Afghanistan; in 2008 and 2010. He moved with G (Tobruk) Company (a Gurkha reinforcement company) to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) [1 MERCIAN] in January 2009. Whilst with the Battalion, he served on exercise in Kenya and on operations in Afghanistan.
G (Tobruk) Company has been attached to the Danish Battlegroup in the Upper Gereshk Valley in Helmand province since April 2010. The Company has been 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 has been operating from Patrol Base Bahadur, north west of Forward Operating Base Khar Nikah.
