 On 15 May, Marine Nigel Dean Mead, aged 19, of 42 Commando Royal Marines, was fatally wounded by an explosion in Helmand province.On 23 May, Colour Serjeant Kevin Fortuna, aged 36, of 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by an explosion whilst on a patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province.On 27 May, Marine Sam Alexander, aged 28, and Lieutenant Ollie Augustin, aged 23, both of 42 Commando Royal Marines, were killed by a bomb blast inside a compound they were searching in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand Province.