 On 18 July, Corporal Mark Palin, aged 32, of the 1st battalion The Rifles, was killed by an IED in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province.On 5 August, Marine James Wright, aged 22, of Juliet Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines, died in Camp Bastion of wounds sustained whilst on patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province.Marine Wright was injured when a grenade was thrown at his patrol and despite receiving medical attention and being evacuated to the hospital at Camp Bastion, he succumbed to his wounds.