 Lance Corporal Richards was 2IC of a Viking when it struck an IED in the Nad e-Ali district of central Helmand on 22 May 2009.Lance Corporal Kieron Hill, aged 20, from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) was killed on 28 May 2009.Lance Corporal Hill was on a deliberate operation near Garmsir in Helmand province when there was an explosion which killed him instantly.