 On 26 March, Sergeant Luke Taylor, aged 33, of the Royal Marines, and Lance Corporal Michael Foley, aged 25, of the Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support), were serving as part of Task Force Helmand when they were shot and killed at the main entrance to Lashkar Gah Main Operating Base in Helmand province.On 8 April, Corporal Jack Stanley, aged 26, from The Queens Royal Hussars, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham from wounds sustained in Afghanistan in February 2012

On 18 April, Sapper Connor Ray, aged 21, from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) died in hospital in Birmingham on 18 April 2012 from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.On 11 April 2012, Sapper Ray was involved in a search and clearance operation in the Nad-e-Ali district of central Helmand near to Checkpoint Kahmanan.