Cpl. Sarah Bryant attended Cotehill Infant School, then senior school at Cumwinton and Dalston. At an early age, she began to prepare herself for the Army and knew by age eighteen that she wanted a career in intelligence.
She joined the Army on January 21 2002 as a member of the Intelligence Corps. On completion of training, she was appointed to 11 MI Sect in Herford Germany, and later served on operations in Iraq. Described as "reliable" and "tenacious", she had been marked out for potential commissioning, and had been pre-selected for sergeant. Sarah had the brightest future ahead of her, both in her career and her personal life. She deployed to Afghanistan in March 2008, along with 152 DELTA Psychological Operations Effects Team in support of the Helmand Task Force.
She was married to Cpl Carl Bryant, also a soldier in the Intelligence Corps, upon whom she doted. Sarah and Carl were both serving in Iraq at the same time though they never managed to get on operations together. Since being married for more than two years, the couple had only about six months together while they were doing their separate tours.
She died while taking part in an operation east of Lashkar Gah when the vehicle in which they were traveling was caught in an explosion. A coroner later ruled inadequate training and lack of vital equipment to be a major factor contributing to her death.
She was 26. Cpl. Bryant was the first British female soldier killed in Afghanistan. In June 2009, Sarah's name, along with all the names of all the British soldiers killed in 2008, were added to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which honors those who have died serving their country since World War Two.
She joined the Army on January 21 2002 as a member of the Intelligence Corps. On completion of training, she was appointed to 11 MI Sect in Herford Germany, and later served on operations in Iraq. Described as "reliable" and "tenacious", she had been marked out for potential commissioning, and had been pre-selected for sergeant. Sarah had the brightest future ahead of her, both in her career and her personal life. She deployed to Afghanistan in March 2008, along with 152 DELTA Psychological Operations Effects Team in support of the Helmand Task Force.
She was married to Cpl Carl Bryant, also a soldier in the Intelligence Corps, upon whom she doted. Sarah and Carl were both serving in Iraq at the same time though they never managed to get on operations together. Since being married for more than two years, the couple had only about six months together while they were doing their separate tours.
She died while taking part in an operation east of Lashkar Gah when the vehicle in which they were traveling was caught in an explosion. A coroner later ruled inadequate training and lack of vital equipment to be a major factor contributing to her death.
She was 26. Cpl. Bryant was the first British female soldier killed in Afghanistan. In June 2009, Sarah's name, along with all the names of all the British soldiers killed in 2008, were added to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which honors those who have died serving their country since World War Two.
Cpl. Sarah Bryant attended Cotehill Infant School, then senior school at Cumwinton and Dalston. At an early age, she began to prepare herself for the Army and knew by age eighteen that she wanted a career in intelligence.
She joined the Army on January 21 2002 as a member of the Intelligence Corps. On completion of training, she was appointed to 11 MI Sect in Herford Germany, and later served on operations in Iraq. Described as "reliable" and "tenacious", she had been marked out for potential commissioning, and had been pre-selected for sergeant. Sarah had the brightest future ahead of her, both in her career and her personal life. She deployed to Afghanistan in March 2008, along with 152 DELTA Psychological Operations Effects Team in support of the Helmand Task Force.
She was married to Cpl Carl Bryant, also a soldier in the Intelligence Corps, upon whom she doted. Sarah and Carl were both serving in Iraq at the same time though they never managed to get on operations together. Since being married for more than two years, the couple had only about six months together while they were doing their separate tours.
She died while taking part in an operation east of Lashkar Gah when the vehicle in which they were traveling was caught in an explosion. A coroner later ruled inadequate training and lack of vital equipment to be a major factor contributing to her death.
She was 26. Cpl. Bryant was the first British female soldier killed in Afghanistan. In June 2009, Sarah's name, along with all the names of all the British soldiers killed in 2008, were added to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which honors those who have died serving their country since World War Two.
She joined the Army on January 21 2002 as a member of the Intelligence Corps. On completion of training, she was appointed to 11 MI Sect in Herford Germany, and later served on operations in Iraq. Described as "reliable" and "tenacious", she had been marked out for potential commissioning, and had been pre-selected for sergeant. Sarah had the brightest future ahead of her, both in her career and her personal life. She deployed to Afghanistan in March 2008, along with 152 DELTA Psychological Operations Effects Team in support of the Helmand Task Force.
She was married to Cpl Carl Bryant, also a soldier in the Intelligence Corps, upon whom she doted. Sarah and Carl were both serving in Iraq at the same time though they never managed to get on operations together. Since being married for more than two years, the couple had only about six months together while they were doing their separate tours.
She died while taking part in an operation east of Lashkar Gah when the vehicle in which they were traveling was caught in an explosion. A coroner later ruled inadequate training and lack of vital equipment to be a major factor contributing to her death.
She was 26. Cpl. Bryant was the first British female soldier killed in Afghanistan. In June 2009, Sarah's name, along with all the names of all the British soldiers killed in 2008, were added to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which honors those who have died serving their country since World War Two.
