THE WOOFER who died fighting in Afghanistan has been named as Captain Sean Dolan.
Captain Dolan from 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, died while on an operation with US and Afghan troops in Helmand province on Saturday morning, becoming the third member of the regiment to die in action in Afghanistan in the past month.
Originally from the West Midlands, his family, wife Michaline and son Ashley, established their home in Chester where the Battalion was previously based.
He lost his life after coalition forces engaged a large group of Taliban fighters near the village of Qaleh-e-Gaz, south west of the town of Sangin. He was injured while attempting to destroy a damaged coalition forces vehicle to deny it to the enemy.
The soldier was taken to the military hospital in Camp Bastion but died from his wounds.
These latest deaths bring the toll of British military fatalities in Afghanistan since the start of operations in November 2001 to 63.
Major Gary Cotterill, Quartermaster Main, 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment said: "He died doing what he loved. He was a good friend to so many people, a funny guy, I'm absolutely gutted."
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