Lisa Jade Head | |
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| Born | 30 November 1981 Huddersfield, England |
| Died | 19 April 2011 (aged 29) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 2006–2011 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment RLC |
Captain Lisa Jade Head (30 November 1981 – 19 April 2011)[1] was a British Army officer. She was the first female bomb disposal officer to be killed on operations.[2] She died on 19 April 2011 at the age of 29, having sustained serious injuries on active service in Afghanistan. At the time of her death, Head was the first female officer and the second British servicewoman to die in Afghanistan since 2001, after Sarah Bryant, and the 364th member of the British armed forces in total.[3]
- ^ Captain Lisa Jade Head dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan Archived 1 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, MOD, published 21 April 2011, retrieved 21 April 2011
- ^ Courage of woman bomb disposal expert killed defusing Taliban explosive, The Mirror, published 21 April 2011, retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ Tributes paid to bomb disposal expert Capt Lisa Head, BBC, published 21 April 2011, retrieved 21 April 2011.