Royal Military Police.
∼Corporal Mike Gilyeat was killed in a Nato helicopter which crashed in southern Afghanistan.Corporal Mike Gilyeat, 28, from the Royal Military Police,died with five US crew and a Canadian colleague in the crash in Helmand province on May 28.He was a photographer with the media operations team based in Kandahar.He had been in the Army since 2002,the ministry said.Nato said the Chinook helicopter may have been shot down by the Taleban.It crashed in the Kajaki area of northern Helmand.Corporal Gilyeat,known as 'Gilly' to his friends,had previously served with the Army in Iraq and,more recently, in Northern Ireland.He was travelling in the American aircraft to film US troops as part of a piece on an operation around Kajaki.He died alongside Corporal Darrell Priede,30,from Canada.Corporal Gilyeat was born in Hanover,Germany,and followed his father into the Army in August 2002.After serving in Iraq and Lisburn,Northern Ireland,he volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan to take on a new role in photography.
∼{Royal Military Police emblem} / 25152822 CORPORAL / NICHAEL D "JIM" GILYEAT / ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS / (ROYAL MILITARY POLICE) / 30TH MAY 2007 AGE 28 / {+} / TO THE WORLD HE WAS A SOLDIER / TO US HE MEANT THE WORLD / BELOVED SON OF MARGARET / AND MIKE AND BROTHER TO NAOMI
∼Corporal Mike Gilyeat was killed in a Nato helicopter which crashed in southern Afghanistan.Corporal Mike Gilyeat, 28, from the Royal Military Police,died with five US crew and a Canadian colleague in the crash in Helmand province on May 28.He was a photographer with the media operations team based in Kandahar.He had been in the Army since 2002,the ministry said.Nato said the Chinook helicopter may have been shot down by the Taleban.It crashed in the Kajaki area of northern Helmand.Corporal Gilyeat,known as 'Gilly' to his friends,had previously served with the Army in Iraq and,more recently, in Northern Ireland.He was travelling in the American aircraft to film US troops as part of a piece on an operation around Kajaki.He died alongside Corporal Darrell Priede,30,from Canada.Corporal Gilyeat was born in Hanover,Germany,and followed his father into the Army in August 2002.After serving in Iraq and Lisburn,Northern Ireland,he volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan to take on a new role in photography.
∼{Royal Military Police emblem} / 25152822 CORPORAL / NICHAEL D "JIM" GILYEAT / ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS / (ROYAL MILITARY POLICE) / 30TH MAY 2007 AGE 28 / {+} / TO THE WORLD HE WAS A SOLDIER / TO US HE MEANT THE WORLD / BELOVED SON OF MARGARET / AND MIKE AND BROTHER TO NAOMI
Royal Military Police.
∼Corporal Mike Gilyeat was killed in a Nato helicopter which crashed in southern Afghanistan.Corporal Mike Gilyeat, 28, from the Royal Military Police,died with five US crew and a Canadian colleague in the crash in Helmand province on May 28.He was a photographer with the media operations team based in Kandahar.He had been in the Army since 2002,the ministry said.Nato said the Chinook helicopter may have been shot down by the Taleban.It crashed in the Kajaki area of northern Helmand.Corporal Gilyeat,known as 'Gilly' to his friends,had previously served with the Army in Iraq and,more recently, in Northern Ireland.He was travelling in the American aircraft to film US troops as part of a piece on an operation around Kajaki.He died alongside Corporal Darrell Priede,30,from Canada.Corporal Gilyeat was born in Hanover,Germany,and followed his father into the Army in August 2002.After serving in Iraq and Lisburn,Northern Ireland,he volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan to take on a new role in photography.
∼{Royal Military Police emblem} / 25152822 CORPORAL / NICHAEL D "JIM" GILYEAT / ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS / (ROYAL MILITARY POLICE) / 30TH MAY 2007 AGE 28 / {+} / TO THE WORLD HE WAS A SOLDIER / TO US HE MEANT THE WORLD / BELOVED SON OF MARGARET / AND MIKE AND BROTHER TO NAOMI
∼Corporal Mike Gilyeat was killed in a Nato helicopter which crashed in southern Afghanistan.Corporal Mike Gilyeat, 28, from the Royal Military Police,died with five US crew and a Canadian colleague in the crash in Helmand province on May 28.He was a photographer with the media operations team based in Kandahar.He had been in the Army since 2002,the ministry said.Nato said the Chinook helicopter may have been shot down by the Taleban.It crashed in the Kajaki area of northern Helmand.Corporal Gilyeat,known as 'Gilly' to his friends,had previously served with the Army in Iraq and,more recently, in Northern Ireland.He was travelling in the American aircraft to film US troops as part of a piece on an operation around Kajaki.He died alongside Corporal Darrell Priede,30,from Canada.Corporal Gilyeat was born in Hanover,Germany,and followed his father into the Army in August 2002.After serving in Iraq and Lisburn,Northern Ireland,he volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan to take on a new role in photography.
∼{Royal Military Police emblem} / 25152822 CORPORAL / NICHAEL D "JIM" GILYEAT / ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS / (ROYAL MILITARY POLICE) / 30TH MAY 2007 AGE 28 / {+} / TO THE WORLD HE WAS A SOLDIER / TO US HE MEANT THE WORLD / BELOVED SON OF MARGARET / AND MIKE AND BROTHER TO NAOMI
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