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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Tributes to the five soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday have been made by their families and colleagues. Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant, Sergeant Matthew Telford and Guardsman James Major, all of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, as well as Corporal Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, both of the Royal Military Police, were killed on Tuesday 3 November...
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Military Police Association - Isle of Man Sub Group (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, known as Nic or W-S to his family, friends and colleagues, was 24, when he was killed in action whilst carrying out his duties at Blue 25, an ANP checkpoint in the Nad-e'Ali District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 3 November 2009. Corporal Webster-Smith was born on 2nd May 1985 in Glangwilli Hospital, West Wales. He attended Llangunnor Primary...
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Fitaloon at MicroShaft (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
ributes to the five men killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 3rd November were posted here by the MOD. Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant, Sergeant Matthew Telford and Guardsman James Major, all of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, as well as Corporal Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, both of the Royal Military Police, were killed on Tuesday 3 [...] Related posts: Roll...
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The Horse Hospital (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Friday 18th December Doors 7:30pm £5 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Dir: Nicholas Webster 1964 Martians, upset that their children...
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Twickenham Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
• [Nov 11] Nicholas Clegg: ' . . THAT response beggars belief-they are the Prime Minister's figures. How would he feel if he was on £80 a week and the Government came along and said, "We're going to take £15 of that away"?'
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... and Guardsman Jimmy Major, 18; from the Grenadier Guards, died alongside Cpl Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, from the Royal Military Police.Two days later, Serjeant Phillip Scott, 30, of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, was killed by an improvised explosive device near Sangin, in Helmand.Under cloudy skies and drizzling rain, soldiers lined the streets of the town alongside...
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Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... Major, 18, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards - Cpl Steven Boote, 22, Royal Military Police - Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, Royal Military Police - Sjt Phillip Scott, 30, 3rd Battalion The Rifles The Ministry of Defence has also released details of the latest soldier to die in action in Afghanistan. from the 4th Battalion, The Rifles was killed in a blast on Remembrance Sunday.Last...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... Major, 18, all from the Grenadier Guards, died alongside Corporal Steven Boote, 22, and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, from the Royal Military police, when an Afghan police officer opened fire on them in Helmand province. Sergeant Phillip Scott, 30, of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, was killed two days later by an improvised explosive device. Shortly after 11am the C17 Globemaster...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... Major, 18, from the Grenadier Guards, who died alongside Corporal Steven Boote, 22; and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, from the Royal Military Police. They were shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan police officer at a secure checkpoint in Nad-e-Ali in Helmand province on November 3 in an attack claimed by the Taliban. Two days later Serjeant Phillip Scott, 30, of 3rd Battalion...
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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
... 39, Guardsman James Major, 18, together with Royal Military Police Corporals Steven Boote, 22, and Nicholas Webster, 24, all died last Tuesday after being shot dead inside an Afghan Police Compound known as Blue 25. A further six were injured in the attack. Col Walker said the killing of his regimental sergeant major had left the unit bereft of its finest soldier but added that morale...
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Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From the UK’s Guardian: Clockwise from top left: Sergeant Matthew Telford, Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, Warrant Office Darren Chant and Guardsman James Major, killed in a Helmand province gun attack. Policeman who killed British troops ‘is back with Taliban’ By Jon Boone and Matthew Weaver November 6, 2009 The gunman who killed five British soldiers in an attack...
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Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
One common thread links the shooting of 5 British servicemen in Afghanistan and 12 13* Americans at Fort Hood in Texans all seventeen were killed by an enemy within. However, there the similarity ends. In Afghanistan Guardsman Jimmy Major, Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Cpl Steven Boote and Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith were shot by a rogue policeman they were training....
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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Policeman who killed British troops 'is back with Taliban'Gunman identified as policeman called Gulbadin greeted with flowers on return to Taliban protection, sources sayBuzz up!Digg itJon Boone in Kabul and Matthew Weaverguardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 November 2009 12.53 GMTArticle historyClockwise from top left: Sergeant Matthew Telford, Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, Warrant Office Darren...
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Left Foot Forward (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. The killing of five British soldiers in Afghanistan dominates the front pages. Sergeant Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Acting Corporal Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith were gunned down by a policeman in their secure compound ...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... just sent shoeboxes out with his birthday things, birthday cake and everything." Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, of the Royal Military police, was described by his family as irreplaceable. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Debbie Poneskis, said: "He could normally be found in the thick of it with a cheeky smile on his face." Acting Corporal Steven Boote,...
