 On 12 August, Lieutenant Daniel Clack, 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by and IED whilst on foot patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province.They blast also wounded four members of his patrol team.On 30 August, Sergeant Barry Weston of 42 Commando, Royal Marines, was killed outright by a legacy ordnance blast in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province.