British IED Response Engineer killed by IED
Afghanistan Warrant Officer Dave Markland, 36, serving with the British Royal Engineer Regiment was killed by an IED explosion. Markland was a distinguished 20-year soldier who was serving on his eighth operational tour of duty when he was killed. Previous tours including five tours in Bosnia between 1995 and 1998, one in Iraq in 2003, and a previous tour in Afghanistan. Although Markland has served in the British military since 1989, he only recently joined the Royal Engineer Regiment assigned to search and destroy IEDs. He leaves behind a wife and two sons (ages 7 and 10).











