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Killed British servicemen named

Other News Materials 30 May 2009 00:54 (UTC +04:00)

Two British servicemen who died after being wounded in separate incidents in Afghanistan have been named by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), BBC reported.

L/Cpl Robert Richards, 24, of the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group died at Selly Oak Hospital on Wednesday.

He was injured near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province last week.

L/Cpl Kieron Hill, 20, of 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment was killed in an explosion near Garmsir in Helmand in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.

L/Cpl Richards, who was from Betws-y-Coed in Conwy, was treated at the scene before returning to the UK for specialist care.

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