16 years ago yesterday, we lost a brother.
Marine Steven James Birdsall of Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, passed away on June 14, 2010, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, from a gunshot wound sustained in Afghanistan.
On the afternoon of June 13, 2010, Bravo Company was securing a UK checkpoint in Sangin for Royal Engineers fortifying defences.
At around 4:29 PM local time, Marine Birdsall was shot and immediately evacuated to Camp Bastion’s Role 3 Hospital, where he was listed as critical.
On June 14, 2010, he was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries at 12:29 PM.
Forever remembered, Royal. Until the reorg.