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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

                                                                    Laurence Binyon

Sons & Soldiers of Scotland
Iraq 2003-2010

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NAME

AGE

UNIT

HOMETOWN

DETAILS

IRAQ   Kennedy, Scott

Pvt. Scott Kennedy

20

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

Oakley, Dunfermline, Scotland

One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were dismounted from a Warrior patrol in the Amtahiya district in the southeast of Basra, Iraq, on June 28, 2007

IRAQ   Kerr, Jamie

Pvt. James
 (Jamie) Kerr

20

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland

One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were dismounted from a Warrior patrol in the Amtahiya district in the southeast of Basra, Iraq, on June 28, 2007

IRAQ   Ferguson, Stephen

Guardsman Stephen Ferguson

31

The Scots Guards,
1st Battalion

Lanarkshire. Scotland

Wounded while on patrol in Basra on 12 December 2006. when his vehicle slid into a canal. He later died of his injuries at Selly Oak Hospital, in the UK.

IRAQ   Pritchard, Gordon

Corporal Gordon Pritchard

31

Royal Scots
Dragoon Guards

Edinburgh, Scotland

100th British serviceman to die in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.

Died when insurgents attacked three 7th Armoured Brigade vehicles in Um Qasr, south of Basra. on January 31, 2006.

IRAQ   Douglas, Allan

Lance Cpl. Allan Stewart Douglas

22

Company D, 1st Battalion, The Highlanders, 7th Armoured Brigade

Aberdeen, Scotland

Shot while on a routine patrol in Amarah, Iraq, he later died of his wounds on January 30, 2006

IRAQ   Lowe, Paul

Pvt. Paul Aitken Lowe

19

D Company, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Fife,
Scotland

Killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a vehicle checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2004

IRAQ   Gray, Stuart

Sgt. Stuart Robert Tennant Gray

31

D Company, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a vehicle checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2004

IRAQ   McArdle, Scott

Private Scott McArdle

22

D Company, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland

Killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a vehicle checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2004

IRAQ   McHale, Kevin

Private Kevin Thomas McHale

27

1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Lochgelly,
Fife, Scotland

Died when the Warrior vehicle he was driving overturned as it moved nearer to Baghdad on October 29, 2004.

IRAQ   Ferns, Marc

Pvt. Marc Ferns

21

1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland

Killed in an improvised explosive device attack in Basra, Iraq, on August 12, 2004

IRAQ   Gentle, Gordon

Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle

19

1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers

Glasgow, Scotland

Killed in an improvised explosive device attack on British military vehicles in Basra, Iraq, on June 28, 2004

IRAQ   Thomson, Robert

Sapper Robert Thomson

22

35 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers

Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland

Killed in an engineering-related accident in Basra, Iraq, on January 31, 2004

IRAQ   Craw, Andrew

Lance Cpl. Andrew Jason Craw

21

1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

Clack- mannanshire, Scotland

Died in a training range accident near Basra on January 7, 2004

IRAQ   Beeston, Russell

Fusilier Russell Beeston

26

52nd Lowland Regiment (Volunteers) Territorial Army

Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Killed when army convoy was confronted by two mobs of Iraqi civilians with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Amarah, Iraq, on August 27, 2003

IRAQ   Smith, Jason

Private Jason Smith

32

52nd Lowland Regiment Territorial Army Battalion attached to 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Galashiels, Scotland

Found dead on on August 13, 2003. Death was not the result of enemy action.  An inquest  determined that died of a heart attack brought on by heat stroke while serving in Iraq..

IRAQ   McCue, James

Lance Corporal James McCue

27

7 Air Assault Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Died as a result of injuries caused by the explosion in the south of the country on 30 April 2003.

IRAQ   Tweedie, Alexander

Lt. Alexander Tweedie

25

The Blues and Royals, Household Cavalry Regiment

Hawick, Scotland

Injured in an accident when their vehicle overturned on April 1, 2003 in southern Iraq. Transferred to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, but died from his injuries on April 22.

IRAQ   Stephen, Barry

Lance Corporal Barry Stephen

31

1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment

Perth,
Scotland

Killed on March 24, 2003, when he came under attack from a rocket propelled grenade launched by Fedayeen militia near Az Zubayr.

Lance Corporal Stephen was awarded a posthumous Mention in Despatches in the Operational Honours published on 31 October 2003, in recognition of the gallantry he displayed during the action in which he fell.

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