On 6 March, Sergeant Nigel Coupe, aged 33, from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, and Corporal Jake Hartley, aged 20, Private Anthony Frampton, aged 20, Private Christopher Kershaw, aged 19, Private Daniel Wade, aged 20, Private Daniel Wilford, aged 21 all from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire regiment were killed in the Lashkar Gah Durai region of an operational area on the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces. They were on a patrol to dominate the area and maintain freedom of movement when their Warrior armoured fighting vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device resulting, tragically, in the deaths of all six personnel.