Rupert Thorneloe
| Rupert Stuart Michael Thorneloe | |
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| Born | 17 October 1969 Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 1 July 2009 (aged 39) near Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1991–2009 † |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands held | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire |
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Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Stuart Michael Thorneloe, MBE (17 October 1969 – 1 July 2009) was a British Army officer who was killed in action on 1 July 2009 near Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. As of July 2009[update], Thorneloe is the highest-ranking British Army officer to have been killed in action since Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones's death in 1982 during the Falklands War.
Thorneloe was born on 17 October 1969 at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. He attended Cothill House school, and Radley College in Radley, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and the University of Reading in Reading, Berkshire. Thereafter, he trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and graduated with an MA in Defence Studies from King's College London in 2002.
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