Corporal
Royal Military Police
British Army
He was deployed with the UK contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Cpl Webster-Smith and four other British soldiers died of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Shin Kalay, in the Nad e-Ali district, Helmand province. They had been working as mentors and living in a compound at an Afghan National Police (ANP) checkpoint for two weeks. Six British servicemen and two ANP officers were also injured. Initial reports indicate one Afghan policeman opened fire on the soldiers as they were sitting down to tea or resting after a patrol. The incident is under investigation.
Aged 24, he grew up in Llangunnor and Tenby, West Wales and later lived in Brackley, Northamptonshire. He joined the Military Police in 2005. He served in Kosovo and the Falkland Islands and was on his second deployment in Afghanistan. Nick, as he was known, loved sport and especially football.
Cpl Webster-Smith is survived by his parents Richard and Jacqueline, brothers Christopher and Samuel, sister Hannah, his partner Emma Robinson, and other family and friends.
Funeral service with full military honours was held on November 26, 2009 at St. Peter's Church, Brackley.
The other soldiers killed in the line of duty:
WO1 Darren Chant
Sgt Matthew Telford
Cpl Steven Boote
Gdsm James Major
*Thanks to suzanne for the photos
Royal Military Police
British Army
He was deployed with the UK contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Cpl Webster-Smith and four other British soldiers died of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Shin Kalay, in the Nad e-Ali district, Helmand province. They had been working as mentors and living in a compound at an Afghan National Police (ANP) checkpoint for two weeks. Six British servicemen and two ANP officers were also injured. Initial reports indicate one Afghan policeman opened fire on the soldiers as they were sitting down to tea or resting after a patrol. The incident is under investigation.
Aged 24, he grew up in Llangunnor and Tenby, West Wales and later lived in Brackley, Northamptonshire. He joined the Military Police in 2005. He served in Kosovo and the Falkland Islands and was on his second deployment in Afghanistan. Nick, as he was known, loved sport and especially football.
Cpl Webster-Smith is survived by his parents Richard and Jacqueline, brothers Christopher and Samuel, sister Hannah, his partner Emma Robinson, and other family and friends.
Funeral service with full military honours was held on November 26, 2009 at St. Peter's Church, Brackley.
The other soldiers killed in the line of duty:
WO1 Darren Chant
Sgt Matthew Telford
Cpl Steven Boote
Gdsm James Major
*Thanks to suzanne for the photos
Corporal
Royal Military Police
British Army
He was deployed with the UK contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Cpl Webster-Smith and four other British soldiers died of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Shin Kalay, in the Nad e-Ali district, Helmand province. They had been working as mentors and living in a compound at an Afghan National Police (ANP) checkpoint for two weeks. Six British servicemen and two ANP officers were also injured. Initial reports indicate one Afghan policeman opened fire on the soldiers as they were sitting down to tea or resting after a patrol. The incident is under investigation.
Aged 24, he grew up in Llangunnor and Tenby, West Wales and later lived in Brackley, Northamptonshire. He joined the Military Police in 2005. He served in Kosovo and the Falkland Islands and was on his second deployment in Afghanistan. Nick, as he was known, loved sport and especially football.
Cpl Webster-Smith is survived by his parents Richard and Jacqueline, brothers Christopher and Samuel, sister Hannah, his partner Emma Robinson, and other family and friends.
Funeral service with full military honours was held on November 26, 2009 at St. Peter's Church, Brackley.
The other soldiers killed in the line of duty:
WO1 Darren Chant
Sgt Matthew Telford
Cpl Steven Boote
Gdsm James Major
*Thanks to suzanne for the photos
Royal Military Police
British Army
He was deployed with the UK contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Cpl Webster-Smith and four other British soldiers died of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Shin Kalay, in the Nad e-Ali district, Helmand province. They had been working as mentors and living in a compound at an Afghan National Police (ANP) checkpoint for two weeks. Six British servicemen and two ANP officers were also injured. Initial reports indicate one Afghan policeman opened fire on the soldiers as they were sitting down to tea or resting after a patrol. The incident is under investigation.
Aged 24, he grew up in Llangunnor and Tenby, West Wales and later lived in Brackley, Northamptonshire. He joined the Military Police in 2005. He served in Kosovo and the Falkland Islands and was on his second deployment in Afghanistan. Nick, as he was known, loved sport and especially football.
Cpl Webster-Smith is survived by his parents Richard and Jacqueline, brothers Christopher and Samuel, sister Hannah, his partner Emma Robinson, and other family and friends.
Funeral service with full military honours was held on November 26, 2009 at St. Peter's Church, Brackley.
The other soldiers killed in the line of duty:
WO1 Darren Chant
Sgt Matthew Telford
Cpl Steven Boote
Gdsm James Major
*Thanks to suzanne for the photos
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