Soldier from 3 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a soldier from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) in Afghanistan during the morning of Tuesday 2 March 2010. The soldier died as a result of small arms fire near Sangin in Helmand province. Read It Here RIP

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
Britain mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.