 On 21 July, L/Cpl Stephen Daniel Monkhouse, aged 28, from 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, shot and killed while on patrol near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.On 26 July, Sapper Mark Antony Smith, aged 26, from 36 Engineer Regiment, died in an suspected 'friendly fire' incident while on patrol near Sangin in Helmand province.On 1 August, Marine Adam Brown, aged 25, from Alpha Company, 40 Commando, died from an explosion in Sangin, Helmand Province.