A total of 103 British soldiers have died since the war in Iraq began. Following is a full list:

2003

MARCH 21

Eight British servicemen died when the US Sea Knight helicopter they were aboard crashed south of the Kuwait border, just after midnight. They included five Royal Marines, plus two soldiers and a naval rating serving with the 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery battery in Poole, Dorset.

They were: Captain Philip Guy, 29, from Bishopdale, North Yorkshire, a married father-of-two; Naval Rating Ian Seymour, an operator mechanic (communications) second class, of Hamworthy, Poole,
Dorset, a married father with one son; Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, Royal Marines; Marine Sholto "Sonic" Hedenskog, 25, from South Africa; Lance Bombardier Llywelyn "Welly" Evans, 24, of Llandudno, north Wales, who was engaged; Colour Sgt John Cecil, 36, of Plymouth, Devon, orginally from Newcastle upon Tyne, who was married with one daughter and two stepchildren; Major Jason Ward, 34, from the Plymouth area; Sergeant Les Hehir, 34, of Poole, Dorset., who was married with two sons

MARCH 22

Six British servicemen died when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over the northern Arabian Gulf at around 1.30am. They were: Lt Philip Green, 31; Lt Tony King, 35, of Helston, Cornwall, who was married with two children; Lt James Williams, 28, from Falmouth, Cornwall, originally from Winchester, who was engaged; Lt Philip West, 32, of Budock Water, near Falmouth, Cornwall who was engaged; Lt Marc Lawrence, in his mid-20s, from Westgate, Kent who was engaged; Lt Andrew Wilson, 36, who was married. All were based at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, near Helston, Cornwall

MARCH 23

An RAF GR4 Tornado aircraft from RAF Marham, Norfolk, which was returning from a mission, was fired on by a Patriot missile battery near the Kuwaiti border, causing the deaths of Flight Lt Kevin Main, a pilot; Flight Lt Dave Williams, a navigator. Both were of 9 Squadron.

Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, of north London and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, from Essex, a married father-of-two, were killed in an attack on British military vehicles in southern Iraq. Both were members of 33 (EOD) Engineer Regiment, a specialist bomb disposal unit of the Royal Engineers, based at Carver Barracks, Wimbish, Essex

MARCH 24

Sergeant Steven Roberts, 33, of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was shot dead near Al Zubayr near Basra as he tried to calm a civil disturbance. It emerged that he had given his body armour to another soldier because of kit shortages

Married 31-year old Lance Corporal Barry "Baz" Stephen, from Perth, of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch, was killed in action near Al Zubayr

MARCH 25

Corporal Stephen John Allbutt, 35, from Stoke-on-Trent, who was married with two children, and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, 19, from Littleworth, Staffordshire, were killed in a "friendly fire" incident west of Basra. They were part of a four-man crew of a Challenger 2 Main Battle tank and mistakenly fired upon by comrades in another tank

MARCH 28

Matty Hull, 25, a married Lance Corporal of Horse with the Blues & Royals, from Windsor, was killed when a US A-10 tankbuster aircraft was reported to have fired on two armoured vehicles containing soldiers from the Household Cavalry Regiment

MARCH 30

Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, of Plymouth-based 9 Assault Squadron, was killed when a river launch was ambushed on the Al Faw peninsula south of Basra

Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley, 28, with the 212 Signals Squadron, was killed in a crash in Kuwait. His family live in West Yorkshire and he had one son

Married Major Stephen Alexis Ballard, of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, died of natural causes. He was about to become a father

MARCH 31

Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, 32, with the Army School of Ammunition, Royal Logistic Corps, based at Kineton, Warwickshire, died during a bomb disposal operation in southern Iraq. The married father-of-one was from Romsey, Hampshire

APRIL 1

Lance Corporal Karl Shearer, who was married with one daughter, was killed and several members of the Household Cavalry Regiment were hurt when their light armoured vehicle slid down a crumbling bank and overturned

APRIL 6

Three soldiers - Kelan John Turrington, 18, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; Lance Corporal Ian Malone, of Dublin, 28, a member of the 1st Battalion the Irish Guards; Piper Christopher Muzvuru, 21, of the 1st Battalion the Irish Guards, who was born in Zimbabwe - were killed as allied troops swept into Basra

APRIL 22

Lt Alexander Tweedie, 25, originally from Hawick in the Scottish Borders and serving with D Squadron of The Blues and Royals Household Cavalry Regiment, died from injuries caused by a previous accident

APRIL 30

Lance Corporal James McCue, 27, from Paisley in Renfrewshire, was killed in an explosion in southern Iraq. He was serving with the 7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)

MAY 6

Private Andrew Kelly, 18, from Tavistock in Devon, was killed in an accident in Iraq. He was serving with the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

MAY 8

Gunner Duncan Pritchard, 22, died in hospital in the UK after being injured in a traffic accident in Iraq. He was an RAF Regiment Gunner serving with 16 Squadron, based at RAF Honington, Suffolk

MAY 19

Corporal David Shepherd, 34, who was serving with the Royal Air Force Police in Kuwait and came from Paisley in Renfrewshire, died from natural causes

MAY 22

Leonard Harvey, 55, a civilian member of the Defence Fire Service, died in hospital in the UK after being taken ill while deployed in the Gulf. Divorced with three daughters, he had served with the Defence Fire Service for 33 years, normally based at Wattisham, Suffolk

JUNE 24

Six Royal Military Policemen were killed by an Iraqi mob at a police station at Al Majar Al Kabir. They were: Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell, 41, serving with 156 Provost Company. The Platoon Sergeant of the Parachute Provost Platoon, known as "HJ" he came from Chessington, Surrey, and was single; Corporal Russell Aston, 30, from Swadlincote, Derbyshire, who was married with one daughter; Corporal Paul Graham Long, 24, from Colchester, who was married with one son; Corporal Son Miller, 21, from Washington, Tyne & Wear, who was engaged; Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, 23, from Northallerton, North Yorkshire; Lance-Corporal Thomas Richard Keys, 20, from Llanuwchllyn, near Bala in Wales

JULY 18

Captain James Linton, 43, died while serving in southern Iraq with the 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He collapsed and died following a training run at a British base in Al Zubayr. He was married with three children

AUGUST 13

Private Jason Smith, 32, a Territorial Army soldier, died while serving in southern Iraq. He was serving with 52nd Lowland Regiment attached to the 1st Battalion

AUGUST 14

Captain David Jones, 29, was killed in a bomb attack on a military ambulance in Basra, southern Iraq. He was from Louth, Lincolnshire, and had been married just over a year

AUGUST 23

Three soldiers from the Royal Military Police were killed after an ambush on a military vehicle by gunmen in Basra. They were: Major Matthew Titchener, 32, of 150 Provost Company, who was married with one child;Warrant Officer Colin Wall, 34, of 150 Provost Company, a father-of-three; Corporal Dewi Pritchard, 35, a Territorial Army soldier serving with 116 Provost Company, who was married and came from Bridgend

AUGUST 27

Married Fusilier Russell Beeston, 26, of Govan, Glasgow, was killed after an army convoy was confronted by two mobs of Iraqi civilians and a firefight began at Ali As Sharqi. He was a Territorial Army soldier in 52nd Lowland Regiment (Volunteers), serving attached to the 1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers in Iraq

SEPTEMBER 23

Sergeant John Nightingale, 32, from Leeds, of 217 Transport Squadron, part of 150 Regiment (Volunteers) of the Royal Logistic Corps died in an incident involving a firearm while serving at Shaibah near Basra. He was engaged

OCTOBER 31

A Royal Marines NCO was killed by hostile fire during an operation in Iraq. Corporal Ian Plank was 31 and came from Poole

NOVEMBER 6

Private Ryan Thomas, of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales, was killed in a road traffic accident in Basra. He was 18 and from Resolven, near Neath

2004

JANUARY 1

Major James Stenner, of the Welsh Guards, a married 30-year old from Monmouthshire, and Sergeant Norman Patterson, 28, from Staffordshire, of the Cheshire Regiment, were killed in a road traffic accident in Baghdad in the early hours

JANUARY 7

Lance Corporal Andrew James Craw, of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died following an incident on a training range near Basra. He was 21 and from Clackmannanshire

JANUARY 21

Rifleman Vincent Calvin Windsor, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, was killed in a road accident at Al Amarah. He was 23 and came from Oxfordshire

JANUARY 31

A soldier died in an accident in Basra. Sapper Robert Thomson, 22, of the Royal Engineers, was from West Lothian

FEBRUARY 12

A soldier died in a vehicle accident at Shaibah Logistics Base in southern Iraq. Corporal Richard Thomas David Ivell, of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers was a married 29-year old with three children from Doncaster, South Yorkshire

JUNE 28

A soldier was killed, and two injured, in an improvised explosive device attack on British vehicles in Basra. Fusilier Gordon Gentle, from Glasgow, was of the Royal Highland Fusiliers

JULY 19

Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover, 33 Squadron RAF was killed when an RAF Puma helicopter was involved in an accident at Basra airport

AUGUST 4

Private Christopher Gordon Rayment, 22, of the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment, died in an accident at Al Amarah

AUGUST 9

A soldier was killed and several others injured in an attack on British vehicles in Basra. Private Lee O’Callaghan, Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment was 20 and from south London

AUGUST 12

A soldier was killed and another seriously injured by an improvised explosive device attack at Basra. Private Marc Ferns, The Black Watch, was 21 and from Glenrothes in Fife

AUGUST 17

A soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with insurgents in Basra. Lance Corporal Paul Thomas, The Light Infantry, was aged 29 and from Welshpool

SEPTEMBER 10

Fusilier Stephen Jones, a 22-year old from Denbigh, of The Royal Welch Fusiliers, died in an traffic accident near Al Amarah

SEPTEMBER 28

Two soldiers died after the ambush of a military convoy south west of Basra. They were Corporal Marc Taylor, who served with the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, attached to 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, a 27-year old married father-of-one from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and Gunner David Lawrence, of the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, a 25-year old from Walsall in the West Midlands

OCTOBER 29

A Black Watch soldier was killed following a vehicle accident in the North Babil Province in Iraq. Private Kevin Thomas McHale, 1st Battalion The Black Watch, was aged 27 and from Lochgelly, Fife

OCTOBER 31

Staff Sergeant Denise Rose, of the Royal Military Police’s Special Investigation Branch, was found dead at a military camp in Basra - the first British female soldier to die in Iraq since the campaign to remove Saddam Hussein began. The 34-year-old from Liverpool was discovered dead from a gunshot wound at the Army base in the Shatt-al-Arab Hotel

NOVEMBER 4

Three soldiers of the Black Watch killed in a suicide attack in Iraq. Private Paul Lowe, 19, Sergeant Stuart Gray, 31, and Private Scott McArdle, 22, were all from Fife

NOVEMBER 8

A Black Watch soldier is killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq, north of the regiment’s base at Camp Dogwood. Private Pita Tukatukawaqa of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch died when his Warrior armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. The 27-year-old was married and came from Fiji

DECEMBER 17

Acting Chief Petty Officer Simon Owen aboard HMS Chatham died while on patrol in the Gulf. The married 38-year-old from Plymouth was thought to have died from natural causes

DECEMBER 26

Sergeant Paul Connolly, 33, was found dead from a gunshot wound at Shaibah Logistic Base

2005

JANUARY 30

Ten personnel - nine from the Royal Air Force and one from the Army - killed when a RAF Hercules crashed 30 kilometres north west of Baghdad. They were: Squadron Leader Patrick Marshall, Headquarters Strike Command; Flight Lieutenants David Stead, Andrew Smith and Paul Pardoel of 47Squadron, RAF Lyneham; Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, Chief Technician Richard Brown and Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson of 47 Squadron, RAF Lyneham; Sergeant Robert O’Connor and Corporal David Williams, of RAF Lyneham; Acting Lance Corporal Steven Jones, Royal Signals

MARCH 28

A soldier of the Tyne-Tees Regiment was found dead in his accommodation at Basra. An investigation into the death of Private Mark Dobson, 41, is still underway

MAY 2

Guardsman Anthony John Wakefield, 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, died during the early hours of May 2 as a result of wounds sustained during a routine patrol in Al Amarah, Iraq. He was a 24-year-old married father-of-three from Newcastle-upon-Tyne

MAY 29

Lance Corporal Brackenbury, 21, from East Yorkshire, died after an explosion in Amarah, north of Basra, which Iraqi police say was caused by a roadside bomb. The soldier, who was serving with the King’s Royal Hussars in A Squadron, was in a military convoy passing nearby

JUNE 29

Signaller Paul William Didsbury, 18, of the Royal Signals, died after accidentally shooting himself at Basra airport, in Basra, southern Iraq. Mr Didsbury, of Blackpool, was serving with the 21st Signal Regiment.

JULY 16

Three soldiers from C Company, the 1st Battalion Staffordshire Regiment, died in a roadside bomb blast in the Risaala district of Al Amarah. They were Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer, 26, from Nuneaton; Private Phillip Hewett, 21, from Tamworth; Private Leon Spicer, 26, also from Tamworth

SEPTEMBER 5

Fusilier Donal Anthony Meade, 20, from Plumstead, south east London and Fusilier Stephen Robert Manning, 22, from Erith, Kent, both serving with C Company, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, died when a roadside bomb exploded during a patrol near Al Zubayr, Basra province

SEPTEMBER 11

Major Matthew Bacon, 34, from London, was killed in a roadside bomb explosion near his convoy in Basra. was serving as a staff officer with Headquarters Multi National Division South East.

OCTOBER 15

The body of Captain Ken Masters, 40, was found in his accommodation in Waterloo Lines, Basra. The married father-of-two was responsible for the investigation of all in-theatre serious incidents

OCTOBER 18

Sergeant Chris Hickey of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards died as a result of his injuries sustained from a roadside bomb in Basra, southern Iraq. He was married with a son

NOVEMBER 21

Sergeant John Jones, from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, died as a result of his injuries sustained from a roadside bomb in Basra. He grew up in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. He was married and had a five-year-old old son

2006

JANUARY 30

Lance Corporal Alan Douglas, 22, from the 7th Armoured Brigade, died after being hit by enemy fire in the Maysan Province, southern Iraq. He was on his first tour of duty in the region.

JANUARY 31

A soldier from the 7th Armoured Brigade died in an explosion in Um Qasr, Basra Province.

A hundred British soldiers have died since the war in Iraq began, 77 in action and the rest in accidents or of natural causes such as illness. Some deaths are still under investigation

2003

MARCH 21

Eight British servicemen died when the US Sea Knight helicopter they were aboard crashed south of the Kuwait border, just after midnight. They included five Royal Marines, plus two soldiers and a naval rating serving with the 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery battery in Poole, Dorset.

They were: Captain Philip Guy, 29, from Bishopdale, North Yorkshire, a married father-of-two; Naval Rating Ian Seymour, an operator mechanic (communications) second class, of Hamworthy, Poole,
Dorset, a married father with one son; Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, Royal Marines; Marine Sholto "Sonic" Hedenskog, 25, from South Africa; Lance Bombardier Llywelyn "Welly" Evans, 24, of Llandudno, north Wales, who was engaged; Colour Sgt John Cecil, 36, of Plymouth, Devon, orginally from Newcastle upon Tyne, who was married with one daughter and two stepchildren; Major Jason Ward, 34, from the Plymouth area; Sergeant Les Hehir, 34, of Poole, Dorset., who was married with two sons

MARCH 22

Six British servicemen died when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over the northern Arabian Gulf at around 1.30am. They were: Lt Philip Green, 31; Lt Tony King, 35, of Helston, Cornwall, who was married with two children; Lt James Williams, 28, from Falmouth, Cornwall, originally from Winchester, who was engaged; Lt Philip West, 32, of Budock Water, near Falmouth, Cornwall who was engaged; Lt Marc Lawrence, in his mid-20s, from Westgate, Kent who was engaged; Lt Andrew Wilson, 36, who was married. All were based at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, near Helston, Cornwall

MARCH 23

An RAF GR4 Tornado aircraft from RAF Marham, Norfolk, which was returning from a mission, was fired on by a Patriot missile battery near the Kuwaiti border, causing the deaths of Flight Lt Kevin Main, a pilot; Flight Lt Dave Williams, a navigator. Both were of 9 Squadron.

Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, of north London and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, from Essex, a married father-of-two, were killed in an attack on British military vehicles in southern Iraq. Both were members of 33 (EOD) Engineer Regiment, a specialist bomb disposal unit of the Royal Engineers, based at Carver Barracks, Wimbish, Essex

MARCH 24

Sergeant Steven Roberts, 33, of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was shot dead near Al Zubayr near Basra as he tried to calm a civil disturbance. It emerged that he had given his body armour to another soldier because of kit shortages

Married 31-year old Lance Corporal Barry "Baz" Stephen, from Perth, of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch, was killed in action near Al Zubayr

MARCH 25

Corporal Stephen John Allbutt, 35, from Stoke-on-Trent, who was married with two children, and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, 19, from Littleworth, Staffordshire, were killed in a "friendly fire" incident west of Basra. They were part of a four-man crew of a Challenger 2 Main Battle tank and mistakenly fired upon by comrades in another tank

MARCH 28

Matty Hull, 25, a married Lance Corporal of Horse with the Blues & Royals, from Windsor, was killed when a US A-10 tankbuster aircraft was reported to have fired on two armoured vehicles containing soldiers from the Household Cavalry Regiment

MARCH 30

Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, of Plymouth-based 9 Assault Squadron, was killed when a river launch was ambushed on the Al Faw peninsula south of Basra

Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley, 28, with the 212 Signals Squadron, was killed in a crash in Kuwait. His family live in West Yorkshire and he had one son

Married Major Stephen Alexis Ballard, of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, died of natural causes. He was about to become a father

MARCH 31

Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, 32, with the Army School of Ammunition, Royal Logistic Corps, based at Kineton, Warwickshire, died during a bomb disposal operation in southern Iraq. The married father-of-one was from Romsey, Hampshire

APRIL 1

Lance Corporal Karl Shearer, who was married with one daughter, was killed and several members of the Household Cavalry Regiment were hurt when their light armoured vehicle slid down a crumbling bank and overturned

APRIL 6

Three soldiers - Kelan John Turrington, 18, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; Lance Corporal Ian Malone, of Dublin, 28, a member of the 1st Battalion the Irish Guards; Piper Christopher Muzvuru, 21, of the 1st Battalion the Irish Guards, who was born in Zimbabwe - were killed as allied troops swept into Basra

APRIL 22

Lt Alexander Tweedie, 25, originally from Hawick in the Scottish Borders and serving with D Squadron of The Blues and Royals Household Cavalry Regiment, died from injuries caused by a previous accident

APRIL 30

Lance Corporal James McCue, 27, from Paisley in Renfrewshire, was killed in an explosion in southern Iraq. He was serving with the 7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)

MAY 6

Private Andrew Kelly, 18, from Tavistock in Devon, was killed in an accident in Iraq. He was serving with the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

MAY 8

Gunner Duncan Pritchard, 22, died in hospital in the UK after being injured in a traffic accident in Iraq. He was an RAF Regiment Gunner serving with 16 Squadron, based at RAF Honington, Suffolk

MAY 19

Corporal David Shepherd, 34, who was serving with the Royal Air Force Police in Kuwait and came from Paisley in Renfrewshire, died from natural causes

MAY 22

Leonard Harvey, 55, a civilian member of the Defence Fire Service, died in hospital in the UK after being taken ill while deployed in the Gulf. Divorced with three daughters, he had served with the Defence Fire Service for 33 years, normally based at Wattisham, Suffolk

JUNE 24

Six Royal Military Policemen were killed by an Iraqi mob at a police station at Al Majar Al Kabir. They were: Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell, 41, serving with 156 Provost Company. The Platoon Sergeant of the Parachute Provost Platoon, known as "HJ" he came from Chessington, Surrey, and was single; Corporal Russell Aston, 30, from Swadlincote, Derbyshire, who was married with one daughter; Corporal Paul Graham Long, 24, from Colchester, who was married with one son; Corporal Son Miller, 21, from Washington, Tyne & Wear, who was engaged; Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, 23, from Northallerton, North Yorkshire; Lance-Corporal Thomas Richard Keys, 20, from Llanuwchllyn, near Bala in Wales

JULY 18

Captain James Linton, 43, died while serving in southern Iraq with the 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He collapsed and died following a training run at a British base in Al Zubayr. He was married with three children

AUGUST 13

Private Jason Smith, 32, a Territorial Army soldier, died while serving in southern Iraq. He was serving with 52nd Lowland Regiment attached to the 1st Battalion

AUGUST 14

Captain David Jones, 29, was killed in a bomb attack on a military ambulance in Basra, southern Iraq. He was from Louth, Lincolnshire, and had been married just over a year

AUGUST 23

Three soldiers from the Royal Military Police were killed after an ambush on a military vehicle by gunmen in Basra. They were: Major Matthew Titchener, 32, of 150 Provost Company, who was married with one child;Warrant Officer Colin Wall, 34, of 150 Provost Company, a father-of-three; Corporal Dewi Pritchard, 35, a Territorial Army soldier serving with 116 Provost Company, who was married and came from Bridgend

AUGUST 27

Married Fusilier Russell Beeston, 26, of Govan, Glasgow, was killed after an army convoy was confronted by two mobs of Iraqi civilians and a firefight began at Ali As Sharqi. He was a Territorial Army soldier in 52nd Lowland Regiment (Volunteers), serving attached to the 1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers in Iraq

SEPTEMBER 23

Sergeant John Nightingale, 32, from Leeds, of 217 Transport Squadron, part of 150 Regiment (Volunteers) of the Royal Logistic Corps died in an incident involving a firearm while serving at Shaibah near Basra. He was engaged

OCTOBER 31

A Royal Marines NCO was killed by hostile fire during an operation in Iraq. Corporal Ian Plank was 31 and came from Poole

NOVEMBER 6

Private Ryan Thomas, of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales, was killed in a road traffic accident in Basra. He was 18 and from Resolven, near Neath

2004

JANUARY 1

Major James Stenner, of the Welsh Guards, a married 30-year old from Monmouthshire, and Sergeant Norman Patterson, 28, from Staffordshire, of the Cheshire Regiment, were killed in a road traffic accident in Baghdad in the early hours

JANUARY 7

Lance Corporal Andrew James Craw, of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died following an incident on a training range near Basra. He was 21 and from Clackmannanshire

JANUARY 21

Rifleman Vincent Calvin Windsor, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, was killed in a road accident at Al Amarah. He was 23 and came from Oxfordshire

JANUARY 31

A soldier died in an accident in Basra. Sapper Robert Thomson, 22, of the Royal Engineers, was from West Lothian

FEBRUARY 12

A soldier died in a vehicle accident at Shaibah Logistics Base in southern Iraq. Corporal Richard Thomas David Ivell, of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers was a married 29-year old with three children from Doncaster, South Yorkshire

JUNE 28

A soldier was killed, and two injured, in an improvised explosive device attack on British vehicles in Basra. Fusilier Gordon Gentle, from Glasgow, was of the Royal Highland Fusiliers

JULY 19

Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover, 33 Squadron RAF was killed when an RAF Puma helicopter was involved in an accident at Basra airport

AUGUST 4

Private Christopher Gordon Rayment, 22, of the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment, died in an accident at Al Amarah

AUGUST 9

A soldier was killed and several others injured in an attack on British vehicles in Basra. Private Lee O’Callaghan, Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment was 20 and from south London

AUGUST 12

A soldier was killed and another seriously injured by an improvised explosive device attack at Basra. Private Marc Ferns, The Black Watch, was 21 and from Glenrothes in Fife

AUGUST 17

A soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with insurgents in Basra. Lance Corporal Paul Thomas, The Light Infantry, was aged 29 and from Welshpool

SEPTEMBER 10

Fusilier Stephen Jones, a 22-year old from Denbigh, of The Royal Welch Fusiliers, died in an traffic accident near Al Amarah

SEPTEMBER 28

Two soldiers died after the ambush of a military convoy south west of Basra. They were Corporal Marc Taylor, who served with the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, attached to 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, a 27-year old married father-of-one from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and Gunner David Lawrence, of the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, a 25-year old from Walsall in the West Midlands

OCTOBER 29

A Black Watch soldier was killed following a vehicle accident in the North Babil Province in Iraq. Private Kevin Thomas McHale, 1st Battalion The Black Watch, was aged 27 and from Lochgelly, Fife

OCTOBER 31

Staff Sergeant Denise Rose, of the Royal Military Police’s Special Investigation Branch, was found dead at a military camp in Basra - the first British female soldier to die in Iraq since the campaign to remove Saddam Hussein began. The 34-year-old from Liverpool was discovered dead from a gunshot wound at the Army base in the Shatt-al-Arab Hotel

NOVEMBER 4

Three soldiers of the Black Watch killed in a suicide attack in Iraq. Private Paul Lowe, 19, Sergeant Stuart Gray, 31, and Private Scott McArdle, 22, were all from Fife

NOVEMBER 8

A Black Watch soldier is killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq, north of the regiment’s base at Camp Dogwood. Private Pita Tukatukawaqa of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch died when his Warrior armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. The 27-year-old was married and came from Fiji

DECEMBER 17

Acting Chief Petty Officer Simon Owen aboard HMS Chatham died while on patrol in the Gulf. The married 38-year-old from Plymouth was thought to have died from natural causes

DECEMBER 26

Sergeant Paul Connolly, 33, was found dead from a gunshot wound at Shaibah Logistic Base

2005

JANUARY 30

Ten personnel - nine from the Royal Air Force and one from the Army - killed when a RAF Hercules crashed 30 kilometres north west of Baghdad. They were: Squadron Leader Patrick Marshall, Headquarters Strike Command; Flight Lieutenants David Stead, Andrew Smith and Paul Pardoel of 47Squadron, RAF Lyneham; Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, Chief Technician Richard Brown and Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson of 47 Squadron, RAF Lyneham; Sergeant Robert O’Connor and Corporal David Williams, of RAF Lyneham; Acting Lance Corporal Steven Jones, Royal Signals

MARCH 28

A soldier of the Tyne-Tees Regiment was found dead in his accommodation at Basra. An investigation into the death of Private Mark Dobson, 41, is still underway

MAY 2

Guardsman Anthony John Wakefield, 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, died during the early hours of May 2 as a result of wounds sustained during a routine patrol in Al Amarah, Iraq. He was a 24-year-old married father-of-three from Newcastle-upon-Tyne

MAY 29

Lance Corporal Brackenbury, 21, from East Yorkshire, died after an explosion in Amarah, north of Basra, which Iraqi police say was caused by a roadside bomb. The soldier, who was serving with the King’s Royal Hussars in A Squadron, was in a military convoy passing nearby

JUNE 29

Signaller Paul William Didsbury, 18, of the Royal Signals, died after accidentally shooting himself at Basra airport, in Basra, southern Iraq. Mr Didsbury, of Blackpool, was serving with the 21st Signal Regiment.

JULY 16

Three soldiers from C Company, the 1st Battalion Staffordshire Regiment, died in a roadside bomb blast in the Risaala district of Al Amarah. They were Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer, 26, from Nuneaton; Private Phillip Hewett, 21, from Tamworth; Private Leon Spicer, 26, also from Tamworth

SEPTEMBER 5

Fusilier Donal Anthony Meade, 20, from Plumstead, south east London and Fusilier Stephen Robert Manning, 22, from Erith, Kent, both serving with C Company, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, died when a roadside bomb exploded during a patrol near Al Zubayr, Basra province

SEPTEMBER 11

Major Matthew Bacon, 34, from London, was killed in a roadside bomb explosion near his convoy in Basra. was serving as a staff officer with Headquarters Multi National Division South East.

OCTOBER 15

The body of Captain Ken Masters, 40, was found in his accommodation in Waterloo Lines, Basra. The married father-of-two was responsible for the investigation of all in-theatre serious incidents

OCTOBER 18

Sergeant Chris Hickey of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards died as a result of his injuries sustained from a roadside bomb in Basra, southern Iraq. He was married with a son

NOVEMBER 21

Sergeant John Jones, from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, died as a result of his injuries sustained from a roadside bomb in Basra. He grew up in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. He was married and had a five-year-old old son

2006

JANUARY 30

Lance Corporal Allan Douglas, 22, from the 7th Armoured Brigade, died after being hit by enemy fire in the Maysan Province, southern Iraq. He was on his first tour of duty in the region.

JANUARY 31

Corporal Gordon Pritchard, 31, of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards became the 100th British soldier to die on duty in Iraqm, killed in a bomb blast in Umm Qasr, Basra Province. Corporal Pritchard had been photographed meeting Tony Blair on a visit by the Prime Minister in December last year.

FEBRUARY 2

Trooper Carl Smith, 23, from the 9th/12th Lancers, died after a crash on the outskirts of Basra in southern Iraq. He had only been on duty in Iraq for 11 days.

FEBRUARY 28

Two UK soldiers die in a roadside bomb attack in al-Amarah. Their names or regiment have not yet been released.

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