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List of British casualties during the Iraq War

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During the Iraq War, 179 British service personnel and at least three UK Government civilian staff died.[1]

Many more were wounded. Of the more than 183 fatalities, 138 personnel were classified as having been killed in hostile circumstances, with the remaining 44 losing their lives as a result of illness, accidents/friendly fire, or suicide. The first casualties were sustained on 21 March 2003, with the bloodiest single day of the campaign being 30 January 2005 when a Royal Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft was shot down between Baghdad and Balad, killing all 10 servicemen on board. Steven Roberts (2nd Royal Tank Regiment) is recorded as the first soldier killed in the operation (albeit by friendly fire); two Royal Engineers were killed the previous day by a hostile crowd. Full non-fatal casualty records are currently only available for the period after 1 January 2006. From that date until the end of operations, 3,598 British personnel were wounded, injured or fell ill (315 wounded in action), 1,971 of whom required aeromedical evacuation.[citation needed]

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British dead (by service)

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Royal Navy

Total: 8

Royal Marines

Total: 11

British Army

Total: 137

Royal Air Force

Total: 22

UK government civilian personnel

Total: 4

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British dead (rank – name – age – unit – incident – date)

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(NB: IED = improvised explosive device. RTA = road traffic accident. Non-hostile = friendly fire.)

2003

Combat fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 13, wounded in action: n/a, other injured: n/a.

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2004

Combat fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 12, wounded in action: n/a, Other Injured: n/a.

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2005

Combat fatalities: 20, other fatalities: 3, wounded in action: n/a, other injured: n/a.

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2006

Combat fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 2, wounded in action: 93, other injured: 1209.

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2007

Combat fatalities: 37, other fatalities: 10, wounded in action: 202, other injured: 1098.

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2008

Combat fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 2, wounded in action: 20, other injured: 758.

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2009

Combat fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1, wounded in action: 0, other injured: 218.

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Notes

  1. Ian Malone (died 2003) was a citizen of Ireland
  2. Christopher Muzvuru (died 2003) was a citizen of the Republic of Zimbabwe

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