Merseyside’s servicemen and women who have paid the ultimate price fighting in Iraq
MAJOR Matthew Titchener, 32, from Southport, of 150 Provost Company, who died on August 23, 2003. His wife Raqual gave birth to their second child after his death. Major Titchener was one of three soldiers to be killed after an ambush on a military vehicle by gunmen in Basra.
CORPORAL Marc Taylor, 27, from Ellesmere Port, who died on September 28, 2004 when he and another British soldier came under fire in Basra. Cpl Taylor had already served in Bosnia and Northern Ireland and was on his fourth tour in Iraq. Seven months after his death, his wife Olivia also gave birth to their second child.
STAFF Sergeant Denise Michelle Rose, 34, from Liverpool, of the Royal Military Police’s Special Investigation Branch, who was found dead at a military camp in Basra on October 31, 2004. She was the first British female soldier to die in Iraq after the campaign began and died from a gunshot wound which the MoD said was not thought to have been the result of hostile action.
WING Commander John Coxen, from Royal Air Force Benson, who was 47. He was originally from Liverpool and joined the RAF in 1983. He was one of five who died in a helicopter crash in Basra on May 6, 2006.
LANCE Corporal Paul Farrelly, 27, from Runcorn, Cheshire, who was one of two soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards to be hit by an explosion in Basra. He died on May 28, 2006.
CORPORAL Ben Nowak, 27, from Liverpool, who was a member of the Royal Marines. He had a long- term girlfriend and was once a promising young footballer who had trials with Southampton FC. Cpl Nowak was one of four killed when a patrol boat was hit by an explosive device on a waterway in Basra. He died on November 12, 2006.
SERGEANT Graham Hesketh, 35, from the 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, who was killed on December 29, 2006 after a vehicle he was travelling in was targeted by a roadside bomb in Basra. He lived in Runcorn, was engaged and had two children.
KINGSMAN Alex Green, 21, from Warrington, of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, who died as a result of being injured by small arms fire while on a task in Basra on January 13, 2007.
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