On 1 July, Warrant Officer Class 2 Leonard Perran Thomas, aged 44, of the Royal Corps of Signals, Guardsman Craig Andrew Roderick, aged 22 and Guardsman Apete Saunikalou Ratumaiyale Tuisovurua, aged 28 of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, were part of a patrol to a checkpoint known as Kamparack Pul to help organise a meeting (shura) with the local detachment of Afghan National Civil Order Police. Having completed their task and on leaving the compound, they were attacked by small arms fire and fatally wounded. They were based in Forward Operating Base Ouellette in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan.