Cpl  Terry Webster Age: 24 Serving with: 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) Cpl Webster was shot during an exchange of fire with insurgent forces in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province. Location: Helmand, Nahr-e Saraj Died on: 04/06/10        L/Cpl Alan Cochran  Age: 23 Serving with: 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) L/Cpl Cochran was shot during an exchange of fire with insurgent forces in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province. Location: Helmand, Nahr-e Saraj Died on: 04/06/10       Marine Anthony Hotine Age: 21 Serving with: 40 Commando Royal Marines Marine Hotine died in an explosion in the Sangin district of Helmand province, while on foot patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers. Location: Helmand, Sangin area Died on: 02/06/10       Marine Scott Taylor Age: 21 Serving with: 40 Commando Royal Marines Alpha Company Marine Taylor was killed by an explosion while on foot patrol near Sangin. Location : Helmand, Sangin Died on: 30/05/10        Cpl Stephen Curley Age: 26 Serving with: 40 Commando Royal Marines Cpl Curley had been conducting a reassurance foot patrol in the Green Zone around Sangin when he was struck by an explosion. Location: Helmand, Sangin area Died on: 26/05/10        Gunner Zak Cusack Age: 20 Serving with: 4th Regiment Royal Artillery supporting 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Gunner Cusack was shot during a firefight whilst on a joint foot patrol with Afghan National Army personnel near Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand.  The routine reassurance patrol was engaged in a small arms fire engagement with insurgent forces in an area around Enezai Village. Location: Helmand, Nahr-e Saraj Died on: 26/05/10        Cpl Stephen Walker Age: 42 Serving with: 40 Commando Royal Marines Cpl Walker, who was serving as part of Combined Forces Sangin, was killed in an explosion near Patrol Base Almas, in Sangin. He died while on a joint foot patrol with the Afghan National Army to reassure and improve the security to the local population. Location: Helmand, Sangin Died on: 21/05/10        Cpl Christopher Harrison Age: 26 Serving with:  40 Commando Royal Marines, Bravo Company Cpl Harrison was serving in Bravo Company, 40 Commando, and was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Sangin in Helmand. Location: Helmand, Sangin Died on: 09/05/10        Sapper Daryn Roy Age: 28 Serving with: 21 Engineer Regiment Sapper Roy was injured when the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb in Helmand.  His convoy was providing protection for some civilian contractor vehicles when the incident occured. Sapper Roy later died from his injuries in hospital in Camp Bastion. Location: Helmand, Nad-e Ali Died on: 03/05/10        L/Cpl Barry Buxton Age: 27 Serving with: 21 Engineer Regiment L/Cpl Buxton died after a road running alongside the Nahr-e Bughra canal collapsed causing his vehicle to roll into the water.  His comrades managed to free him from the submerged vehicle but he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Camp Bastion hospital. Location : Helmand, Nad-e Ali Died on: 03/05/10        Cpl Harvey Alex Holmes Age: 22 Serving with: 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group Cpl Holmes died near PB Waterloo military base in Sangin, Helmand Province. He was providing protection to his fellow soldiers who were returning from a patrol when he was killed in an explosion. Location: Helmand, Sangin area Died on: 02/05/10        L/Sgt David Walker Age: 36 Serving with: 1st Battalion Scots Guards L/Sgt Walker was shot whilst fighting rebels in the Nad Ali area of Helmand province.  He was taking part in Operation Moshtarak which was an offensive to clear Taliban forces from Marjah and Nad Ali, in the southern province of Helmand. Location: Helmand, Nad Ali Died on: 18/02/10   Op HERRICK 11      Pte Sean McDonald Age: 26 Serving with: 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, Royal Scots Borderers Pte Sean McDonald died in an explosion from a roadside bomb while on a routine night foot patrol near Sangin in Helmand province. Location: Helmand, Near Sangin Died on: 07/02/10        Cpl John Moore Age: 22 Serving with: 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, Royal Scots Borderers Cpl Moore died whilst commanding his section on a routine night patrol when a roadside bomb went off. Location: Helmand, Near Sangin Died on: 07/02/10

Charity Registration Number: The Black Rat Fund is currently an Excepted Charity as such does not hold a Charity Registration Number.  However, we are still regulated and supervised by the Charity Commission, and comply with all the standards of practice that they require. 

For more information about Excepted Charities please follow this link.