Sayedebad in central Helmand province was taken on August 2 by British soldiers from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 Lancs).
Commanded by Brigadier Basil Coad, the brigade was renamed the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and consisted of the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiment (1 ASHR), the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (1 MR) and 3 RAR.
A month later, the Dolj infantry Regiment 1 found itself in dire circumstances, deciding to bury the flag in a peasant's yard in Izbiceni.
To name but a few examples, heavy artillery Regiment 1 received the Order of the Star of Romania (rank of knight with swords) and the ribbon of Military Virtue.
The SAS has one regular (active-duty) regiment (22 SAS) and two territorial (reserve) regiments (21 SAS and 23 SAS).
REED, Jerry D. II, 30, Sgt., Army; Russellville, Ark.; Second Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade.
SPARKS, Orion N., 29, Staff Sgt., Army; Tucson; 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
GOLLNITZ, Jonathan A., 28, Sgt., Army; Lakehurst, N.J.; 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
WILSON, William R. III, Sgt., Army; Getzville, N.Y.; Second Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade.
Mousa, 26, a Basra hotel worker, died after spending 36 hours in detention in the custody of soldiers from the 1st Battalion Queen's Lancashire Regiment (1QLR).
The first world war veteran George Blackman, age 105 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment, 1914-1919 George Bleapsan leaps up, brandishing his walking stick.
