 He was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) on 16 November 2011 while conducting a joint patrol with his Company and the Afghan National Army.On 17 November, Lieutenant David Alexander Grant Boyce, aged 25, and Lance Corporal Richard Scanlon, aged 31, both from 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards were serving with the Formation Reconnaissance Squadron.They were on a patrol providing security in the Yakchal region of Nahr-e Saraj in central Helmand when their armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.