 He received immediate first aid before being evacuated by helicopter but, despite all efforts to save him, he died of his wounds.On 17 August, Guardsman Jamie Shadrake, aged 20, of the Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, died of gunshot wounds when his checkpoint was attacked by insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.,

On 7 September, Guardsman Karl Whittle, aged 22, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, died from gunshot wounds sustained when his checkpoint was attacked by insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on 14 August 2012.On 9 September, Sergeant Lee Paul Davidson, aged 32, of the Light Dragoons, as on patrol with the Afghan Uniform Police in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.