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Funeral for Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe
Jul 16th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
The funeral has taken place for the most senior British army officer to die in action since the Falklands War. Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, 39, from Kirtlington, Oxford, was the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards...
Killed soldiers being repatriated
Jul 3rd, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Tributes have been paid to Lt Col Thorneloe and Trooper Hammond Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including the most senior Army officer to die in action since the Falklands War in 1982...
Army loses highest ranking officer since Falklands War
Jul 2nd, 2009 - The Independent
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...
UK Lt Colonel dies in Afghanistan
Jul 2nd, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Lt Col Thorneloe was described as an "outstanding commanding officer" The highest ranking Army officer to be killed since the Falklands War is one of the two latest British casualties in Afghanistan...

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Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe Had Warned MoD About Helicopter Shortages Just Weeks Before IED Death
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Funeral Held For British Trooper Joshua Hammond
video.news.sky.com Tributes have been paid at the funeral of Trooper Joshua Hammond who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month. The 18-year-old died alongside Colonel Rupert Thorneloe in Helmand province. Sky's Enda Brady reports ...
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Funeral held for senior army officer
The Prince of Wales is among those who paid their respects at the funeral of Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, killed in Afghanistan.. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com ... news britain uk aldershot london afghanistan war

Rupert Thorneloe from WikiPedia:

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Stuart Michael Thorneloe MBE (17 October 1969 – 1 July 2009) was a British Army officer who was killed in action on 1 July 2009 near Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. As of July 2009[update], Thorneloe is the highest-ranking British Army officer to be killed in action since Lt Col 'H'. Jones's death in 1982 during the Falklands War and the highest-ranking to die in the Afghanistan War.

Thorneloe was born on 17 October 1969 at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. He attended Radley College in Radley, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and the University of Reading in Reading, Berkshire. Thereafter, he trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and graduated with an MA in Defence Studies from King's College London in 2002.