Service Number: 24710359
Served with the Royal Tank Regiment (2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Cyclops Squadron)
He is commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial in the UK
From Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Roberts was killed in action near Al Zubayr, southwest of Basra, while serving in Iraq. He was 33 years old.
He was the first British soldier to die in the 2003 invasion of Iraq on 24 March 2003. He was accidentally shot by a colleague using a tank-mounted machine gun who was trying to help Roberts as he struggled with a stone-wielding Iraqi protester at Az Zubayr, near Basra. The Iraqi protester was killed in that same incident. The gunner who shot Roberts who had not been taught that the gun was harder to aim at short range.
Served with the Royal Tank Regiment (2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Cyclops Squadron)
He is commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial in the UK
From Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Roberts was killed in action near Al Zubayr, southwest of Basra, while serving in Iraq. He was 33 years old.
He was the first British soldier to die in the 2003 invasion of Iraq on 24 March 2003. He was accidentally shot by a colleague using a tank-mounted machine gun who was trying to help Roberts as he struggled with a stone-wielding Iraqi protester at Az Zubayr, near Basra. The Iraqi protester was killed in that same incident. The gunner who shot Roberts who had not been taught that the gun was harder to aim at short range.
Service Number: 24710359
Served with the Royal Tank Regiment (2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Cyclops Squadron)
He is commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial in the UK
From Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Roberts was killed in action near Al Zubayr, southwest of Basra, while serving in Iraq. He was 33 years old.
He was the first British soldier to die in the 2003 invasion of Iraq on 24 March 2003. He was accidentally shot by a colleague using a tank-mounted machine gun who was trying to help Roberts as he struggled with a stone-wielding Iraqi protester at Az Zubayr, near Basra. The Iraqi protester was killed in that same incident. The gunner who shot Roberts who had not been taught that the gun was harder to aim at short range.
Served with the Royal Tank Regiment (2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Cyclops Squadron)
He is commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial in the UK
From Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Roberts was killed in action near Al Zubayr, southwest of Basra, while serving in Iraq. He was 33 years old.
He was the first British soldier to die in the 2003 invasion of Iraq on 24 March 2003. He was accidentally shot by a colleague using a tank-mounted machine gun who was trying to help Roberts as he struggled with a stone-wielding Iraqi protester at Az Zubayr, near Basra. The Iraqi protester was killed in that same incident. The gunner who shot Roberts who had not been taught that the gun was harder to aim at short range.
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