456 British troops were killed in Afghanistan. Of those, around 114 died in the city of Sangin.
Back in 2010 when British forces in southern Afghanistan handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces, David Cameron, the British Prime Minister said:
Our troops have performed magnificently in Sangin and I pay tribute to the thousands who have served, to the over one hundred who have given their lives, to the many who have been wounded.
They did not die in vain. They made Afghanistan a safer place and they have made Britain a safer place and they will never be forgotten.They did die in vain. They didn't make Afghanistan a safer place and they haven't made Britain a safer place, and they are being forgotten if the deafening silence around this latest development is anything to go by.
Sangin is considered the bloodiest battleground of Afghanistan by both the British and the Yanks. Both nations lost over 100 killed in action there along with several hundred moderate to severe casualties. Here is a dated list (US format) of the Americans who died there when they took over from us and after Cameron's boast of "huge achievements."
9/28/2010 Lance Cpl. Ralph J. Fabbri - USMC 1stMarDiv, HQBN, H&S, Combat Camera. Was an attachment to 3/7.
10/08/2010 LCpl John T. Sparks USMC 3/5
10/13/2010 PFC Victor A Dew USMC 3/5
10/13/2010 LCpl Joseph E Rodewald USMC 3/5
10/13/2010 LCpl Phillip D. Vinnedge USMC 3/5
10/13/2010 CPl Justin J. Cain USMC 3/5
10/14/2010 LCpl Irvin M. Ceniceros USMC 3/5
10/14/2010 LCpl Joseph C. Lopez USMC 3/5
10/14/2010 LCpl Alec E. Catherwood USMC 3/5
10/15/2010 LCpl James D. Boelk USMC 3/5
10/16/2010 Sgt Ian M. Tawney USMC 3/5
11/04/2010 LCpl Mathew J. Broehm USMC 3/5
11/04/2010 LCpl Brandon W. Pearson USMC 3/5
11/06/2010 LCpl Randy R. Braggs USMC 3/5
11/09/2010 1stLt Robert M. Kelly USMC 3/5
11/10/2010 LCpl James B. Stack USMC 3/5
11/24/2010 LCpl Ardenjoseph A. Buenagua USMC 3/5
11/25/2010 1stLt William J. Donnelly IV USMC 3/5
12/02/2010 Sgt Mathew T. Abbate USMC 3/5
12/06/2010 Cpl Derek A. Wyatt USMC 3/5
12/06/2010 PFC Colton W. Rusk USMC 3/5
12/07/2010 Sgt Jason D. Peto USMC 3/5
12/17/2010 LCpl Jose L. Maldonado USMC 3/5
12/24/2010 LCpl Kenneth A. Corzine USMC 3/5
12/28/2010 Cpl Tevan L. Nguyen USMC 3/5
01/20/2011 Sgt Jason G. Amores USMC 3/5
02/22/2011 Cpl. John Taylor USMC 2/8
04/24/2011 - LCpl Joe M. Jackson, USMC 1/5 (Alpha)
04/28/2011 - LCpl Ronald D. Freeman, USMC 1/5 (2nd Combat Engineers)
06/09/2011 - LCpl Nicholas S. O'Brien, USMC 1/5 (Bravo)
06/12/2011 - LCpl Sean M. N. O'Connor, USMC 1/5 (Alpha)
06/12/2011 - LCpl Joshua B. McDaniels, USMC 1/5 (2nd Combat Engineers)
06/21/2011 - Cpl Jared C. Verbeek, USMC 1/5 (Police Advisor Team One)
06/22/2011 - Cpl Gurpreet Singh, USMC 1/5 (Bravo)
06/26/2011 - LCpl John F. Farias, USMC 1/5 (Bravo)
06/26/2011 - GySgt Ralph E. Pate Jr. USMC 1/5 (EOD)
06/30/2011 - Sgt Chad D. Frokjer, USMC 1/5 (Alpha)
06/30/2011 - Cpl Kyle R. Schneider, USMC 2/8 (Echo)
07/10/2011 - LCpl Norberto Mendez-Hernandez, USMC 1/5 (Bravo)
07/12/2011 - LCpl Robert S. Greniger, USMC 1/5 (2nd Combat Engineers)
08/06/2011 - Sgt Daniel J. Patron, USMC 1/5 (EOD)
08/07/2011 - Sgt Adan Gonzalez Jr. USMC 1/5 (SSP)
08/07/2011 - Sgt Joshua J. Robinson, USMC 1/5 (SSP)
09/15/2011 - Cpl Michael J. Dutcher, USMC 1/5 (Bravo)
09/24/2011 - LCpl Frankie Watson, USMC
10/13/2011 - LCpl Scott D. Harper, USMC 1/6 (Animal)
10/23/2011 - LCpl Jordan Bastean, USMC 3/7
10/24/2011 - LCpl Jason Barfield, USMC 3/7
11/5/2011 - LCpl Nickolas Daniels, USMC 3/7
11/18/2011 - LCpl Joshua Corral, USMC 3/7
11/21/2011 - Cpl Zachary Reiff, USMC 3/7
1/21/2012 - Cpl Christopher Singer, USMC 3/7
3/27/2012 - SSgt Joseph D'Augustine, USMC 3/7 EOD
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