 On 2 October, Rifleman Suraj Gurung, aged 22, from 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles, died in an explosion in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province.On 8 October, Sergeant Peter Rayner, aged 34, from 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died in an explosion in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand Province.On 19 October, Acting Corporal David Barnsdale, aged 24, from 33 Engineer Regiment, died in an explosion east of Gereshk, Helmand Province.