James Brown and David Leslie Kirkness

David Kirkness

An heroic soldier killed by a Taliban suicide bomb in Afghanistan is to be remembered on a war memorial.

James Brown

Rifleman James Brown, aged 18, from Orpington, died in December, 2009, when two suicide bombers drove towards a checkpoint on a route into central Sangin in northern Helmand, Afghanistan. 

The terrorists had planned to detonate their lethal device at a nearby market but instead detonated it at the checkpoint, killing both Rifleman Brown and fellow soldier Lance Corporal David Leslie Kirkness, aged 24.

Both men were from the 3 Rifles Reconnaissance Platoon.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that James Brown is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that David Leslie Kirkness is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen