Rupert Thorneloe

Rupert Stuart Michael Thorneloe
Born17 October 1969
Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England
Died1 July 2009(2009-07-01) (aged 39)
near Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
Buried
Buckland, Oxfordshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
Service years1991–2009 †
RankLieutenant Colonel
Service number535472
UnitWelsh Guards
Commands1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
ConflictsThe Troubles
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Stuart Michael Thorneloe, MBE (17 October 1969 – 1 July 2009) was a British Army officer who was killed in action on 1 July 2009 near Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. Thorneloe is the highest-ranking British Army officer to have been killed in action since Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones's death in 1982 during the Falklands War.

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