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Repatriation Day

by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate

Permission to publish courtesy of ~ Carol Ann Duffy ~

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Fallen Heroes

13/02/2012 SAC Ryan Tomlin

30/12/2011 Private John King

27/11/2011 Rifleman Sheldon Steel

16/11/2011 Lance Corporal Peter Eustace

Epitaph

13/02/2012 SAC Ryan Tomlin
27/01/2012 LCpl Gajbahadur Gurung
24/01/2012 Sig Sartorius-Jones
02/01/2012 Rifleman Sachin Limbu
30/12/2011 Private John King
23/12/2011 Sqn Ldr Anthony Downing
22/12/2011 Captain Tom Jennings
08/12/2011 Sapper Elijah Bond
27/11/2011 Rifleman Sheldon Steel
20/11/2011 Private Thomas Lake
17/11/2011 LCpl Richard Scanlon
17/11/2011 Lieutenant David Boyce
16/11/2011 Lance Corporal Peter Eustace
09/11/2011 Private Matthew Thornton
03/11/2011 Private Matthew Haseldin
15/10/2011 Rifleman Vijay Rai
19/09/2011 Marine David Fairbrother
14/09/2011 Lance Corporal Jonathan McKinlay
30/08/2011 Sergeant Barry Weston
12/08/2011 Lieutenant Daniel Clack
05/08/2011 Marine James Wright
18/07/2011 Corporal Mark Palin
16/07/2011 Lance Corporal Paul Watkins
04/07/2011 Highlander Scott McLaren
18/06/2011 Private Gareth Bellingham
16/06/2011 Corporal Lloyd Newell
16/06/2011 Craftsman Andrew Found
05/06/2011 Rifleman Martin Lamb
05/06/2011 Lance Corporal Martin Gill
03/06/2011 Corporal Michael Pike
27/05/2011 Marine Sam Alexander MC
27/05/2011 Lieutenant Oliver Augustin
23/05/2011 Colour Serjeant Kevin Fortuna
15/05/2011 Marine Nigel Dean Mead
19/04/2011 Captain Lisa Head
31/03/2011 Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron
23/03/2011 Major Matthew Collins
23/03/2011 Lance Sergeant Mark Burgan
16/03/2011 Private Daniel Prior
09/03/2011 Lance Corporal Stephen McKee
01/03/2011 Lance Corporal Liam Tasker
14/02/2011 Private Robert Wood
14/02/2011 Private Dean Hutchinson
14/02/2011 Lance Corporal Kyle Marshall
09/02/2011 Private Lewis Hendry
09/02/2011 Private Conrad Lewis
05/02/2011 Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Colin Beckett
04/02/2011 Ranger David Dalzell
25/01/2011 Private Martin Bell
01/01/2011 Private Joseva Vatubua
28/12/2010 Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Henry Wood
21/12/2010 Corporal Steven Dunn
05/12/2010 Private John Howard
17/11/2010 Guardsman Christopher Davies
14/11/2010 Ranger Aaron McCormick
07/11/2010 Senior Aircraftman Scott Hughes
30/10/2010 Sapper William Blanchard
19/10/2010 Corporal David Barnsdale
08/10/2010 Sergeant Peter Rayner
02/10/2010 Rifleman Suraj Gurung
25/09/2010 Corporal Matthew Thomas
18/09/2010 Sergeant Andrew Jones
18/09/2010 Trooper Andrew Howarth
10/09/2010 Kingsman Darren Deady
05/09/2010 Lance Corporal Joseph Pool
05/09/2010 Captain Andrew Griffiths
21/08/2010 Lance Corporal Jordan Bancroft
13/08/2010 Sapper Darren Foster
13/08/2010 Sapper Ishwor Gurung
12/08/2010 Rifleman Remand Kulung
11/08/2010 Lieutenant John Sanderson
01/08/2010 Marine Adam Brown
01/08/2010 Lance Sergeant Dale McCallum
26/07/2010 Sapper Mark Smith
21/07/2010 Corporal Matthew Stenton
21/07/2010 Lance Corporal Stephen Monkhouse
17/07/2010 Staff Sergeant Brett Linley
17/07/2010 Sergeant David Monkhouse
16/07/2010 Senior Aircraftman Kinikki Griffiths
16/07/2010 Marine Jonathan Crookes
13/07/2010 Major James Bowman
13/07/2010 Marine Matthew Harrison
13/07/2010 Corporal Arjun Purja Pun
13/07/2010 Lieutenant Neal Turkington
08/07/2010 Marine David Hart
08/07/2010 Bombardier Samuel Robinson
05/07/2010 Private Thomas Sephton
05/07/2010 Trooper James Leverett
01/07/2010 Corporal Seth Stephens
27/06/2010 Corporal Jamie Kirkpatrick
26/06/2010 Bombardier Stephen Gilbert
23/06/2010 Private Alex Isaac
23/06/2010 Colour Sergeant Martyn Horton
23/06/2010 Lance Corporal David Ramsden
23/06/2010 Private Douglas Halliday
23/06/2010 Sergeant Steven Darbyshire
22/06/2010 Lance Corporal Michael Taylor
21/06/2010 Marine Paul Warren
20/06/2010 Marine Richard Hollington
18/06/2010 Trooper Ashley Smith

27/01/2012 LCpl Gajbahadur Gurung

23/12/2011 Sqn Ldr Anthony Downing

20/11/2011 Private Thomas Lake

09/11/2011 Private Matthew Thornton

15/06/2010 Kingsman Ponipate Tagitaginimoce
15/06/2010 Corporal Taniela Rogoiruwai
14/06/2010 Marine Steven Birdsall
12/06/2010 Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze
09/06/2010 Private Jonathan Monk
08/06/2010 Lance Bombardier Mark Chandler
04/06/2010 Lance Corporal Alan Cochran
04/06/2010 Corporal Terry Webster
02/06/2010 Marine Anthony Hotine
30/05/2010 Marine Scott Taylor
26/05/2010 Corporal Stephen Curley
26/05/2010 Gunner Zak Cusack
21/05/2010 Corporal Stephen Walker
09/05/2010 Corporal Christopher Harrison
03/05/2010 Sapper Daryn Roy
03/05/2010 Lance Corporal Barry Buxton
02/05/2010 Corporal Harvey Holmes
07/04/2010 Fusilier Jonathan Burgess
04/04/2010 Rifleman Mark Turner
01/04/2010 Guardsman Michael Sweeney
27/03/2010 Rifleman Daniel Holkham
26/03/2010 Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate
22/03/2010 Serjeant Steven Campbell
16/03/2010 Private James Grigg
16/03/2010 Lance Corporal Scott Hardy
15/03/2010 Captain Martin Driver
07/03/2010 Corporal Stephen Thompson
07/03/2010 Lance Corporal Tom Keogh
06/03/2010 Rifleman Liam Maughan
05/03/2010 Rifleman Jonathon Allott
02/03/2010 Corporal Richard Green
01/03/2010 Rifleman Carlo Apolis
26/02/2010 Sergeant Paul Fox
25/02/2010 Rifleman Martin Kinggett
24/02/2010 Senior Aircraftman Luke Southgate
18/02/2010 Lance Sergeant David Walker
18/02/2010 Lieutenant Douglas Dalzell
15/02/2010 Sapper Guy Mellors
14/02/2010 Kingsman Sean Dawson
14/02/2010 Rifleman Mark Marshall
13/02/2010 Lance Sergeant David Greenhalgh
11/02/2010 Lance Corporal Darren Hicks
08/02/2010 Warrant Officer Class 2 David Markland
07/02/2010 Corporal Johnathan Moore
07/02/2010 Private Sean McDonald
01/02/2010 Lance Corporal Graham Shaw
01/02/2010 Corporal Liam Riley
24/01/2010 Lance Corporal Daniel Cooper
22/01/2010 Rifleman Peter Aldridge
15/01/2010 Corporal Lee Brownson
15/01/2010 Rifleman Luke Farmer
11/01/2010 Captain Daniel Read
03/01/2010 Private Robert Hayes
31/12/2009 Sapper David Watson
28/12/2009 Rifleman Aidan Howell
22/12/2009 Lance Corporal Tommy Brown
21/12/2009 Lance Corporal Christopher Roney
20/12/2009 Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard
19/12/2009 Corporal Simon Hornby
15/12/2009 Lance Corporal David Kirkness
15/12/2009 Rifleman James Brown
07/12/2009 Lance Corporal Adam Drane
30/11/2009 Acting Sergeant John Amer
18/11/2009 Sergeant Robert Loughran-Dickson
16/11/2009 Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas
15/11/2009 Rifleman Andrew Ian Fentiman
08/11/2009 Rifleman Samuel John Bassett
07/11/2009 Rifleman Philip Allen
05/11/2009 Serjeant Phillip Scott
03/11/2009 Guardsman James Major
03/11/2009 Sergeant Matthew Telford
03/11/2009 Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) Darren Chant
03/11/2009 Corporal Steven Boote
03/11/2009 Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith
31/10/2009 Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid
25/10/2009 Corporal Thomas Mason
22/10/2009 Corporal James Oakland
08/10/2009 Lance Corporal James Hill
05/10/2009 Guardsman Jamie Janes
01/10/2009 Acting Corporal Marcin Wojtak
27/09/2009 Private James Prosser
21/09/2009 Acting Sergeant Michael Lockett MC
16/09/2009 Acting Serjeant Stuart McGrath
16/09/2009 Trooper Brett Hall
13/09/2009 Kingsman Jason Dunn-Bridgeman
09/09/2009 Corporal John Harrison
03/09/2009 Private Gavin Elliott
02/09/2009 Lance Corporal Richard Brandon
31/08/2009 Private Kevin Elliott
31/08/2009 Sergeant Stuart Millar
29/08/2009 Sergeant Lee Houltram
25/08/2009 Fusilier Shaun Bush
20/08/2009 Serjeant Paul McAleese
20/08/2009 Private Johnathon Young
16/08/2009 Lance Corporal James Fullarton
16/08/2009 Fusilier Simon Annis
16/08/2009 Fusilier Louis Carter
15/08/2009 Sergeant Simon Valentine
15/08/2009 Private Richard Hunt
13/08/2009 Rifleman Daniel Wild

24/01/2012 Sig Sartorius-Jones

22/12/2011 Captain Tom Jennings

17/11/2011 LCpl Richard Scanlon

03/11/2011 Private Matthew Haseldin

13/08/2009 Lance Bombardier Matthew Hatton
13/08/2009 Captain Mark Hale
08/08/2009 Private Jason Williams
06/08/2009 Private Kyle Adams
06/08/2009 Corporal Kevin Mulligan
06/08/2009 Lance Corporal Dale Hopkins
04/08/2009 Craftsman Anthony Lombardi
27/07/2009 Trooper Phillip Lawrence
27/07/2009 Warrant Officer Class 2 Sean Upton
25/07/2009 Bombardier Craig Hopson
22/07/2009 Guardsman Christopher King
20/07/2009 Captain Daniel Shepherd
19/07/2009 Corporal Joseph Etchells
16/07/2009 Rifleman Aminiasi Toge
10/07/2009 Corporal Jonathan Horne
10/07/2009 Rifleman William Aldridge
10/07/2009 Rifleman James Backhouse
10/07/2009 Rifleman Joseph Murphy
10/07/2009 Rifleman Daniel Simpson
10/07/2009 Corporal Lee Scott
09/07/2009 Private John Brackpool
09/07/2009 Rifleman Daniel Hume
07/07/2009 Trooper Christopher Whiteside
06/07/2009 Captain Ben Babington-Browne
05/07/2009 Lance Corporal Dane Elson
04/07/2009 Lance Corporal David Dennis
04/07/2009 Private Robert Laws
01/07/2009 Trooper Joshua Hammond
01/07/2009 Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe MBE
19/06/2009 Major Sean Birchall
12/06/2009 Lieutenant Paul Mervis
11/06/2009 Private Robert McLaren
02/06/2009 Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher
30/05/2009 Corporal Stephen Bolger
30/05/2009 Lance Corporal Nigel Moffett
28/05/2009 Lance Corporal Kieron Hill
27/05/2009 Lance Corporal Robert Richards
23/05/2009 Sapper Jordan Rossi
22/05/2009 Fusilier Petero Suesue
14/05/2009 Marine Jason Mackie
12/05/2009 Lieutenant Mark Evison
07/05/2009 Sergeant Ben Ross
07/05/2009 Corporal Kumar Pun
07/05/2009 Rifleman Adrian Sheldon
07/05/2009 Corporal Sean Binnie
28/04/2009 Lance Sergeant Tobie Fasfous
15/03/2009 Corporal Graeme Stiff
15/03/2009 Corporal Dean John
14/03/2009 Lance Corporal Christopher Harkett
25/02/2009 Marine Michael Laski
25/02/2009 Rifleman Jamie Gunn
25/02/2009 Lance Corporal Paul Upton
25/02/2009 Corporal Tom Gaden
16/02/2009 Lance Corporal Stephen Kingscott
14/02/2009 Marine Darren Smith
30/01/2009 Corporal Daniel Nield
17/01/2009 Acting Corporal Richard Robinson
14/01/2009 Captain Tom Sawyer
14/01/2009 Corporal Danny Winter
11/01/2009 Marine Travis Mackin
01/01/2009 Serjeant Chris Reed
31/12/2008 Corporal Liam Elms
24/12/2008 Lance Corporal Benjamin Whatley
21/12/2008 Corporal Robert Deering
17/12/2008 Rifleman Stuart Nash
15/12/2008 Lieutenant Aaron Lewis
12/12/2008 Lance Corporal Steven Fellows
12/12/2008 Corporal Marc Birch
12/12/2008 Sergeant John Manuel
12/12/2008 Marine Damian Davies
27/11/2008 Marine Georgie Sparks
27/11/2008 Marine Tony Evans
24/11/2008 Marine Alexander Lucas
15/11/2008 Colour Sergeant Krishnabahadur Dura
12/11/2008 Marine Neil Dunstan
12/11/2008 Marine Robert McKibben
04/11/2008 Rifleman Yubraj Rai
15/10/2008 Trooper James Munday
13/09/2008 Lance Corporal Nicky Mason
12/09/2008 Private Jason Rawstron
10/09/2008 Warrant Officer Class 2 Gary O'Donnell
04/09/2008 Ranger Justin Cupples
18/08/2008 Corporal Barry Dempsey
11/08/2008 Signaller Wayne Bland
29/07/2008 Private Peter Cowton
28/07/2008 Sergeant Jonathan Mathews
24/07/2008 Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe
22/07/2008 Corporal Jason Barnes
28/06/2008 Lance Corporal James Johnson
27/06/2008 Warrant Officer Class 2 Dan Shirley
24/06/2008 Warrant Officer Class 2 Michael Williams
24/06/2008 Private Joe Whittaker
17/06/2008 Corporal Sean Reeve
17/06/2008 Lance Corporal Richard Larkin
17/06/2008 Private Paul Stout
17/06/2008 Corporal Sarah Bryant
12/06/2008 Private Jeff Doherty
12/06/2008 Lance Corporal James Bateman
08/06/2008 Private Charles Murray
08/06/2008 Private Daniel Gamble

02/01/2012 Rifleman Sachin Limbu

08/12/2011 Sapper Elijah Bond

17/11/2011 Lieutenant David Boyce

15/10/2011 Rifleman Vijay Rai

08/06/2008 Private Nathan Cuthbertson
25/05/2008 Marine Dale Gostick
19/05/2008 Captain James Thompson
02/05/2008 Trooper Ratu Babakobau
21/04/2008 Trooper Robert Pearson
13/04/2008 Senior Aircraftman Graham Livingstone
13/04/2008 Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson
30/03/2008 Marine David Marsh
30/03/2008 Lieutenant John Thornton
20/02/2008 Corporal Damian Mulvihill
17/02/2008 Corporal Damian Lawrence
20/01/2008 Corporal Darryl Gardiner
08/12/2007 Sergeant Lee Johnson
04/12/2007 Trooper Jack Sadler
14/11/2007 Captain John McDermid
09/11/2007 Lance Corporal Jake Alderton
04/10/2007 Major Alexis Roberts
20/09/2007 Private Brian Tunnicliffe
20/09/2007 Colour Sergeant Phillip Newman
17/09/2007 Corporal Ivano Violino
08/09/2007 Sergeant Craig Brelsford
08/09/2007 Private Johan Botha
05/09/2007 Private Damian Wright
05/09/2007 Private Ben Ford
30/08/2007 Senior Aircraftman Christopher Bridge
23/08/2007 Private John Thrumble
23/08/2007 Private Robert Foster
23/08/2007 Private Aaron McClure
11/08/2007 Captain David Hicks
10/08/2007 Private Tony Rawson
29/07/2007 Lance Corporal Michael Jones
27/07/2007 Sergeant Barry Keen
26/07/2007 Guardsman David Atherton
25/07/2007 Lance Corporal Alex Hawkins
12/07/2007 Guardsman Daryl Hickey
01/07/2007 Sergeant David Wilkinson
30/06/2007 Captain Sean Dolan
24/06/2007 Drummer Thomas Wright
09/06/2007 Guardsman Neil Downes
06/06/2007 Lance Corporal Paul Sandford
30/05/2007 Corporal Mike Gilyeat
28/05/2007 Corporal Darren Bonner
26/05/2007 Guardsman Daniel Probyn
20/05/2007 Lance Corporal George Davey
03/05/2007 Guardsman Simon Davison
13/04/2007 Private Chris Gray
08/03/2007 Warrant Officer Class 2 Michael Smith
06/03/2007 Marine Benjamin Reddy
03/03/2007 Lance Bombardier Ross Clark
03/03/2007 Lance Bombardier Liam McLaughlin
21/02/2007 Marine Scott Summers
21/02/2007 Marine Jonathan Holland
15/01/2007 Lance Corporal Mathew Ford
13/01/2007 Marine Thomas Curry
27/12/2006 Lance Bombardier James Dwyer
12/12/2006 Marine Richard Watson
05/12/2006 Marine Jonathan Wigley
19/10/2006 Marine Gary Wright
06/09/2006 Lance Corporal Luke McCulloch
06/09/2006 Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead
06/09/2006 Corporal Mark Wright
04/09/2006 Private Craig O’Donnell
02/09/2006 Marine Joseph Windall
02/09/2006 Corporal Oliver Dicketts
02/09/2006 Sergeant Gary Quilliam
02/09/2006 Sergeant John Langton
02/09/2006 Sergeant Benjamin Knight
02/09/2006 Flight Sergeant Adrian Davies
02/09/2006 Flight Sergeant Gerard Bell
02/09/2006 Flight Sergeant Stephen Beattie
02/09/2006 Flight Sergeant Gary Andrews
02/09/2006 Flight Lieutenant Steven Swarbrick
02/09/2006 Flight Lieutenant Allan Squires
02/09/2006 Flight Lieutenant Gareth Nicholas
02/09/2006 Flight Lieutenant Leigh Mitchelmore
02/09/2006 Flight Lieutenant Steven Johnson
01/09/2006 Ranger Anare Draiva
27/08/2006 Lance Corporal Jonathan Hetherington
20/08/2006 Corporal Bryan Budd
12/08/2006 Lance Corporal Sean Tansey
09/08/2006 Private Leigh Reeves
06/08/2006 Private Andrew Cutts
01/08/2006 Second Lieutenant Ralph Johnson
01/08/2006 Captain Alex Eida
01/08/2006 Lance Corporal Ross Nicholls
05/07/2006 Private Damien Jackson
01/07/2006 Corporal Peter Thorpe
01/07/2006 Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi
27/06/2006 Captain David Patton
27/06/2006 Sergeant Paul Bartlett
11/06/2006 Captain Jim Philippson
27/03/2006 Lance Corporal Peter Craddock
22/03/2006 Corporal Mark Cridge
29/10/2005 Lance Corporal Steven Sherwood
28/01/2004 Private Jonathan Kitulagoda
17/08/2002 Sergeant Robert Busuttil
17/08/2002 Corporal John Gregory
09/04/2002 Private Darren John George