 Private Prior had been severely injured by an IED whilst on patrol on 16 March and was flown home but succumbed to his injuries two days later.On 23 March, Lance Sergeant Mark Burgan, aged 28, and Major Matthew Collins, aged 38, both of 1st Battalion the Irish Guards, died when the vehicle they were travelling in was blown up by a roadside bomb in Helmand Province.On 31 March, Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron, aged 42, of the 1st Battalion the Scots Guards died at his home in Livingston, Scotland.