Major General Peter Wall
handed over command to
Major General Graham Lamb
on 11 July, when 3(UK) Division
took over from 1(UK) Division,
forming the headquarters of
Multi-National Division (South-East)
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Sheikhs from the Basrah area
held a traditional Majlis council
with Major General Peter Wall,
the General Officer Commanding
1(UK) Division on 8 July to
discuss a wide range of issues
and concerns
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A Sea King of 846 Naval Air
Squadron releases decoy
flares while on patrol over the
southern Iraqi oilfields.
The helicopter had aboard troops
from 40 Regiment Royal Artillery,
who were dropped off to inspect
any suspicious vehicles
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Saddam Hussein's presidential yacht
Al Mansur, damaged by an air strike
during the conflict, and attacked
subsequently by local people as a symbol
of the former regime, finally sank on
the afternoon of 12 June at Basrah
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A Danish soldier accompanies an
RAF Regiment gunner of the Joint
Nuclear, Biological & Chemical
Regiment on patrol in Al Qurnah, where
a Danish force is taking over security
duties from UK forces
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This young Iraqi boy sadly lost
a leg in one of the minefields
Saddam Hussein laid in his own
country, with scant regard for
the safety of his own people. The
boy was taken to the British 202(V)
Field Hospital, manned by Reservists.
The hospital arranged accommodation
nearby so that his parents could stay
with him during his treatment.
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A Sapper takes his turn on a
100-mile sponsored charity run through
the Iraqi desert, to raise money for the
children of fallen comrades. The team
run was organised by the Joint
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group,
which suffered three fatalities
during Operation Telic.
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At journey's end in Kuwait. The route
for the runners took them from Basrah
International Airport, the present
British headquarters, back to Camp
Coyote where the force was based
before the liberation of Iraq. The run
took 15 hours to complete. The Joint
EOD Group includes Royal Navy
Clearance Divers from the Fleet Diving
Group, RAF personnel from 5131
Bomb Disposal Squadron, and soldiers
from the Royal Engineers and Royal
Logistic Corps. They remain engaged
on very hazardous work making safe
abandoned Iraqi weapons and clearing
Saddam Hussein's minefields.
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An Intelligence Corps Lance Corporal
lays a wreath on the grave of an
Intelligence Corps Company Sergeant
Major killed in Iraq in 1947. 100 Intelligence Corps
personnel
gathered for an act of remembrance on
31 May at a British cemetery
rediscovered at Basrah.
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