British fatalities during Operation Telic

Operation Telic was the codename for British operations in Iraq, which lasted from 19 March 2003 to 31 July 2009. During the campaign, 179 British service personnel died (6 of them female) and many more were wounded. Of the 179 fatalities, 136 personnel were classified as having been killed in hostile circumstances, with the remaining 43 losing their lives as a result of illness, accidents or suicide. The first casualties were sustained on 21 March 2003, with the bloodiest single day of the campaign being 30 January 2005 when a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft was shot down between Baghdad and Balad, killing all 10 servicemen on-board. Full non-fatal casualty records are currently only available for the period after 1 January 2006. From that date to end of operations, 3,598 British personnel were wounded, injured or fell ill (315 wounded in action); 1,971 of whom required aeromedical evacuation. However, these totals are likely to rise significantly as and when full records for 2003 to 2006 become available.

Royal Navy

 * Royal Navy - 8

Total: 8

Royal Marines

 * Royal Marines - 11

Total: 11

British Army

 * Household Cavalry Regiment - 3
 * Royal Armoured Corps
 * 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards - 2
 * Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - 2
 * 9th/12th Royal Lancers - 1
 * King's Royal Hussars - 1
 * Queen's Royal Lancers - 5
 * Royal Tank Regiment - 3
 * Royal Regiment of Artillery - 8
 * Corps of Royal Engineers - 4
 * Royal Corps of Signals - 5
 * The Infantry
 * Guards Division
 * Coldstream Guards - 2
 * Scots Guards - 1
 * Irish Guards - 4
 * Scottish Division
 * Royal Highland Fusiliers - 1
 * Black Watch - 7
 * The Highlanders - 1
 * Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 1
 * 52nd Lowland Regiment - 2
 * Royal Regiment of Scotland - 2
 * Queen's Division
 * Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - 3
 * Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 4
 * Royal Anglian Regiment - 2
 * King's Division
 * Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 7
 * Queen's Lancashire Regiment - 1
 * Yorkshire Regiment - 1
 * Tyne-Tees Regiment - 1
 * Prince of Wales' Division
 * Staffordshire Regiment - 4
 * Royal Welch Fusiliers - 1
 * Royal Regiment of Wales - 1
 * Royal Welsh - 3
 * Light Division
 * Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry - 1
 * Light Infantry - 3
 * Royal Green Jackets - 1
 * The Rifles - 8
 * Parachute Regiment - 3
 * Special Air Service - 8
 * Army Air Corps - 2
 * Royal Logistic Corps - 5
 * Royal Army Medical Corps - 3
 * Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - 5
 * Adjutant General's Corps
 * Royal Military Police - 12
 * Intelligence Corps - 3

Total: 137

Royal Air Force

 * RAF Strike Command - 1
 * RAF Benson - 2
 * No. 33 Squadron RAF (Puma HC.1) - 1
 * RAF Lyneham - 3
 * No. 47 Squadron RAF (Hercules C.1/C.3) - 5
 * RAF Marham
 * No. IX (B) Squadron (Tornado GR.4) - 2
 * RAF Aldergrove
 * No. 230 Squadron RAF (Puma HC.1) - 1
 * RAF Brize Norton - 1
 * RAF Regiment
 * 1 Squadron - 3
 * 16 Squadron - 1
 * 504 Squadron RAuxAF - 1
 * Royal Air Force Police - 1

Total: 22

Civilian Service Associated Personnel

 * Ministry of Defence Fire Service - 1

Total: 1

British Dead (Rank - Name - Incident - Date)
(NB: IED = Improvised Explosive Device. RTA = Road Traffic Accident)

2009
Combat Fatalities: 0, Other Fatalities: 1, Wounded in Action: 0, Other Injured: 218.

2008
Combat Fatalities: 2, Other Fatalities: 2, Wounded in Action: 20, Other Injured: 758.

2007
Combat Fatalities: 37, Other Fatalities: 10, Wounded in Action: 202, Other Injured: 1098.

2006
Combat Fatalities: 27, Other Fatalities: 2, Wounded in Action: 93, Other Injured: 1209.

2005
Combat Fatalities: 20, Other Fatalities: 3, Wounded in Action: UNAVAILABLE, Other Injured: UNAVAILABLE.

2004
Combat Fatalities: 10, Other Fatalities: 12, Wounded in Action: UNAVAILABLE, Other Injured: UNAVAILABLE.

2003
Combat Fatalities: 40, Other Fatalities: 13, Wounded in Action: UNAVAILABLE, Other Injured: UNAVAILABLE.