 On 27 June, Cpl Jamie Kirkpatrick, aged 32, from 101 Engineer Regiment, shot and killed while on patrol in Nahr-e Saraj in Helmand province.On 1 July, Cpl Seth Stephens, aged 42, from Special Boat Service, Royal Marines, shot and killed while on patrol near Haji Wakil in Helmand province.On 5 July, Pte Thomas Sephton, aged 20, from 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, died in a hospital in the UK by an explosion while on patrol near Nahr-e Saraj in Helmand province.