Lance Corporal James Hill of 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards died in an improvised explosive device detonation on the Camp Bastion ranges on October 8, 2009 Photo: MoD
British Soldier Died In Afghanistan After Army Failed To Properly Sweep Training Area For Insurgent Bombs -- Daily Mail
* Lance Corporal James Hill was killed by an improvised explosive device in October 2009 in an 'unsecured' training area
* Army policy demanded four hours to sweep the firing range but only spent 45 minutes
* Officers ignored warnings that locals were able to wander onto the area after each session to gather scrap metal, and potentially lay IEDs
* Nine days after his death the training zone was shut and moved inside nearby 'secure' Camp Bastion
* 'James' life was irreplaceable and he meant the world to us,' his family said after the verdict of unlawful killing today
A soldier who was about to be married was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan after the army failed to properly sweep a training area for insurgent bombs, an inquest heard today.
Lance Corporal James Hill, of the 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, died on an 'unsecured' firing range 2.5 miles outside Camp Bastion in central Helmand on October 8 2009.
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More News On The Death Of Lance Corporal James Hill
Soldier's death part of 'culture of complacency' -- The Telegraph
Army criticised over James Hill death by Surrey coroner -- BBC
"Utterly failed": Coroner and family slam Army after soldier died in bomb attack -- Mirror
My Comment: The Taliban thought this one through .... relying on British complacency and naivety, they succeeded in killing a British soldier.
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