 Captain Dolan, and the forces that he was attached to, were observing a substantial force of Taliban fighters from the edge of a vantage point, when they came under fire from Taliban mortars.The first mortar round fatally wounded Captain Dolan and seriously injured a US soldier

Sergeant Dave Wilkinson, aged 33, from 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, serving with 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards died following an explosion during a routine joint patrol with the Afghan National Army in Gereshk, Helmand province on Sunday 1 July 2007.The patrol was conducting routine operations with the Afghan National Army when it was struck by an improvised explosive device.