Tuesday, July 20, 2010

British soldier, Lance-Corporal Stephen Monkhouse

Stephen Monkhouse
Lance Corporal Stephen Daniel Monkhouse, from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 21st July 2010.

L-Cpl. Monkhouse was providing security for the building of Route Trident in Basharan, north of Lashkar Gah. He was the gunner of a Coyote vehicle when insurgents shot and wounded another soldier.

He was providing fire support in order to allow the evacuation of the wounded soldier. Tragically, as the casualty was being extracted, Lance Corporal Monkhouse was killed by small arms fire.

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