 Because the bomb had been there for a considerable amount of time, there were no groundsigns to enable its location to be observed.On 14 September, Lance Corporal Jonathan McKinlay, aged 33, of the 1st Battalion, The Rifles, was shot dead when his patrol came under small arms fire in the Nahr-e-Saraj District of Helmand Province.On 19 September, Marine David Fairbrother, aged 24, of 42 Commando, Royal Marines, was fatally wounded in the head after his patrol came under small arms fire in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province.