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04/03/2010
Shot Afghan Corporal Named
A solider killed during gunfire in Afghanistan on Tuesday has been named as Corporal Richard Green.
He served with the 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) and died as a result of small arms fire near Sangin in Helmand province.
Corporal Green, 23, was from Reading and joined the army in 2003 at the age of sixteen.
He was deployed to Afghanistan in September 2009 with 3 RIFLES Recce
Platoon.
Following five months of patrolling and operating in the town of Sangin, he was sent with his team to a patrol base to work alongside his Afghan National Army partners to bring stability and development to local Afghans.
He leaves behind his father Chris, his mother Eileen and his brother and sister, Daniel and Charlotte.
His family described him as a "larger than life character" who packed so much into his short life.
"In his own words he was the Greenmeister, a true legend. He wouldn't want any of us mourning his death, rather he would want us all to celebrate his life. On his recent R&R Richard said 'If anything happens to me know that I've lived life to the full, have no regrets, and love my job.'
"We are so proud of him and will miss him more than words can ever say, but we do take comfort from the thought that, if there is a heaven, he is now having a laugh with his friends whose lives have been taken, just like his, over the past year."
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Kitson, Commanding Officer, 3 RIFLES Battle Group said: "Corporal Richard Green was a man at the very top of his game. Having breezed through courses that test even the best of young Riflemen, he showed himself, at the age of 23, to be up to any challenge that the Army could throw at him."
(PR/GK)
He served with the 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) and died as a result of small arms fire near Sangin in Helmand province.
Corporal Green, 23, was from Reading and joined the army in 2003 at the age of sixteen.
He was deployed to Afghanistan in September 2009 with 3 RIFLES Recce
Platoon.
Following five months of patrolling and operating in the town of Sangin, he was sent with his team to a patrol base to work alongside his Afghan National Army partners to bring stability and development to local Afghans.
He leaves behind his father Chris, his mother Eileen and his brother and sister, Daniel and Charlotte.
His family described him as a "larger than life character" who packed so much into his short life.
"In his own words he was the Greenmeister, a true legend. He wouldn't want any of us mourning his death, rather he would want us all to celebrate his life. On his recent R&R Richard said 'If anything happens to me know that I've lived life to the full, have no regrets, and love my job.'
"We are so proud of him and will miss him more than words can ever say, but we do take comfort from the thought that, if there is a heaven, he is now having a laugh with his friends whose lives have been taken, just like his, over the past year."
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Kitson, Commanding Officer, 3 RIFLES Battle Group said: "Corporal Richard Green was a man at the very top of his game. Having breezed through courses that test even the best of young Riflemen, he showed himself, at the age of 23, to be up to any challenge that the Army could throw at him."
(PR/GK)
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