| Surname: | Pritchard |
| Initials: | M D |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 30014848 |
| Notes: | RMP. Died 20/12/2009. Killed as a result of small arms fire in the Sangin Area in Central Helmand Province. May have died as a result of friendly fire. Born 11/1/1987. Michael David Pritchard. Extract from the Irish Independent, 23/12/2009, Second 'friendly fire' troop death. British forces in Afghanistan have suffered a second "friendly fire" fatal shooting in 48 hours. Both soldiers were killed in Helmand province. A soldier from the 3rd Battalion The Rifles, who has not been named, died after a Taliban ambush in Sangin. Investigations showed he had been killed by rounds fired by a British soldier. Another soldier, Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard, of the 4th Regiment, Royal Military Police also died from friendly fire in Sangin on Sunday. |
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| Date of Death: | Dec. 20, 2009 |
| Company: | 160 PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 90909 |
| Cemetery: | EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY, WILLINGDON ROAD, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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