Rupert Stuart Michael Thorneloe | |
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| Born | 17 October 1969 Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 1 July 2009 (aged 39) near Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan |
| Buried | Buckland, Oxfordshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1991–2009 † |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service number | 535472 |
| Unit | Welsh Guards |
| Commands | 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards |
| Battles / wars | The Troubles Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Member 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[1] in 1982 during the Falklands War.
- ^ Harnden, Toby, Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan, 2011, p.343.