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07/02/2011
Tragic RIR Soldier Dies In Accident
The Northern soldier who died in an accident in Afghanistan's Helmand province has been named overnight as 20-year-old David Dalzell.
Ranger Dalzell, was from Bangor in Co Down and serving with 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment when the accident happened on Friday in Nad-e Ali, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
It emerged today that he might have been shot dead accidentally as he and a colleague cleaned their rifles.
Ranger Dalzell joined the the Royal Irish Regiment based at Tern Hill, Shropshire, in July 2010 after his recruit training and was on his first deployment.
Also over the weekend, a long-serving member of the Parachute Regiment was killed in an explosion.
Company Sergeant Major Colin Beckett, 36, died in the village of Shaheed, also in Nad-e Ali district when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up as he was moving into position to cover his comrades.
Sgt Maj Beckett joined the Army in 1990 and was known as 'Tom' and had served in Iraq, Kosovo and Northern Ireland.
(BMcC)
Ranger Dalzell, was from Bangor in Co Down and serving with 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment when the accident happened on Friday in Nad-e Ali, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
It emerged today that he might have been shot dead accidentally as he and a colleague cleaned their rifles.
Ranger Dalzell joined the the Royal Irish Regiment based at Tern Hill, Shropshire, in July 2010 after his recruit training and was on his first deployment.
Also over the weekend, a long-serving member of the Parachute Regiment was killed in an explosion.
Company Sergeant Major Colin Beckett, 36, died in the village of Shaheed, also in Nad-e Ali district when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up as he was moving into position to cover his comrades.
Sgt Maj Beckett joined the Army in 1990 and was known as 'Tom' and had served in Iraq, Kosovo and Northern Ireland.
(BMcC)
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