Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The most senior British officer to be killed in Afghanistan Rupert Thorneloe, who commanded the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, had warned about the risks posed to his troops by a shortage of helicopters. It has emerged that Lt Col Thorneloe, killed by a roadside bomb in July, had written to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) warning that a lack of helicopters meant that too many trips...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior British soldier killed in Afghanistan, had complained about a helicopter shortage just weeks before his death. Andrew Thomas reports.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior British soldier killed in Afghanistan, had complained about a helicopter shortage just weeks before his death. Andrew Thomas reports.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Fallen Colonel warned of chopper shortageUpdated on 31 October 2009By Channel 4 News The most senior British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan had complained a shortage of helicopters was putting troops at risk - just weeks before his death.Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died in July when his convoy was hit by an improvised...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The British commanding officer who was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb in July had only weeks previously warned that troops would die because helicopter shortages were forcing them to travel by road, it was reported last night. In an e-mail sent to military commanders, Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe said that helicopter operations in Afghanistan were “not fit for purpose”....
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Among those remembered were Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, of the Welsh Guards, the most senior British officer to have died in action since the Falklands conflict, and Trooper Joshua Hammond, of the Royal Tank Regiment, who was aged 18 when he was killed in the same explosion as Lieutenant-Colonel Thorneloe on July 1.
Parlez~me~'n~Tory (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Peter Hammond, father of Trooper Joshua Hammond who died in Afghanistan alongside Colonel Rupert Thorneloe has called on Gordon Brown to resign. In his statement he said Brown’s either a liar or hasn’t a clue about what’s going on. He should do the right thing and quit It was revealed within the past few days that Colonel Thorneloe [...]
CDR Salamander (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... in Afghanistan foreshadowed his own death in a damning memo about the shortage of helicopters. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe told his superiors that British troops would die because they were being forced to make trips by road. Less than a month later, he was blown up by a roadside bomb. In his final despatches to commanders in London, classified 'Nato Secret', he had...
An American Lion (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... Mail, a conservative newspaper which has a strong animus against the Labour government, says that Lt. Col Rupert Thorneloe, commander of a battalion of Welsh Guards who died in an IED attack on July 1, in effect "foreshadowed his own death." The paper said that in a June 5 weekly message to British Defense Ministry HQ, Lt. Col. Thorneloe reported that, because...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Family and friends described Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe as a "born soldier" who was "unquestionably loyal".
Times Online (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Defence chief Sir Jock Stirrup was forced to defend the Government today following the release of the killed officer’s warning over helicopter shortages. A memo sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 39, three weeks before he was killed by a roadside bomb, claimed the force’s lack of helicopters was putting soldiers' lives at risk. The leaked document has placed fresh pressure...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Defence chief Sir Jock Stirrup was forced to defend the Government today following the release of the killed officer’s warning over helicopter shortages. A memo sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 39, three weeks before he was killed by a roadside bomb, claimed the force’s lack of helicopters was putting soldiers' lives at risk. The leaked document has placed fresh pressure...
Dunedin Napier News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... of not taking the war seriously. The MP claimed that an official forwarded him a memo in which Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, who was the most senior British officer to be killed -three weeks after the filming-, ‘warned about the risks posed to troops by a shortage of helicopters’. On the other hand, Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup said to the BBC that ...
Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
GORDON Brown's stewardship of the Afghanistan war was condemned last night after it emerged that the most senior British soldier to be killed in the conflict complained th
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Commander issued helicopter warning weeks before Afghanistan death Be honest this isn’t really news is it. The news here is more politically motivated as we have another leak to the Conservatives, which I don’t have a problem with as long as the issue is being seriously addressed and not just played lip service to. A good Officer Rupert Thorneloe raised his concerns as was right...
