Jul 2nd, 2009 - The Independent
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The highest ranking officer in the British Army to be killed in combat since the Falklands War is among the latest fatalities in Afghanistan. Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died in a roadside blast in Helmand which also killed another soldier and injured six.
Lt-Col Thorneloe was killed while engaged in a mission to clear Taliban positions 8km north of Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand.
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