He has daily and nightly run the gauntlet against a small band of callous insurgents rarely willing to show themselves or fight head on, preferring to rely on indiscriminate booby traps which have also taken a devastating toll on locals and their children. Yet he would be the first to tell us not to dwell on our sense of terrible loss but to pick ourselves up and carry on the outstanding work he and his men have been doing.Ĭorporal Moore has been at the forefront of some of the most demanding urban counter-insurgency operations imaginable amongst the tight and treacherous alleyways of his company’s part of Sangin.
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A junior leader of the rarest quality, our Army depends on men like him and his loss is a bitter blow.Īnother of our brightest stars has given his all before we have had the chance to see his full and undoubted potential unfold. Lieutenant Colonel Nick Kitson, Commanding Officer, 3 RIFLES Battle Group, said:Ĭorporal ‘John’ Moore was as determined and committed as he was able and professional.
The Army and his family were Johnathan’s life we are devastated at our loss. Johnathan was a proud Scottish soldier who was doing a job that he loved he will be sadly missed by a loving and very proud family. The company operates mainly from Patrol Base Wishtan in the Sangin area of Helmand province, and has been conducting operations to provide security and development to the local nationals, whom they live amongst.Ĭorporal Moore was commanding his section on a routine night patrol to the south of the company base on the evening of 7 February when an IED detonated, killing him and his lead man. He joined The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) in March 2005 and since then has been on two tours of Iraq.Ĭorporal Moore deployed as a Section Commander with B Company, The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, part of the 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) Battle Group, to Sangin in October 2009. He completed a year’s training, designed to promote junior leadership, before going to the Infantry Training Centre Catterick for his Phase Two, infantry-specific, training. He was brought up in Hamilton and went to Hamilton Grammar School before enlisting and going to the Army Foundation College in Harrogate in 2004. Corporal Johnathan MooreĬorporal Johnathan Moore was born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, on 2 July 1987.
The soldiers died as a result of an explosion near Sangin, in Helmand province. Corporal Johnathan Moore and Private Sean McDonald (All rights reserved.)
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