By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor THE CO of the Welsh Guards has been killed in action in Afghanistan - Britain's most senior war casualty since the Falklands. Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, 40, was blown up in an armoured vehicle by a massive hidden bomb yesterday afternoon. A second soldier died alongside him in the devastating blast and six more were seriously wounded. The high flying colonel's death is a huge scalp for the Taliban and a disaster for the Army. It caps one of the bloodiest weeks of fighting in opium-swamped Helmand province in the three year-long NATO security mission. British forces have suffered more than 25 wounded this week alone, The Sun can also reveal. In an appalling coincidence, the bombers struck just as the Queen was unveiling the Elizabeth Cross as a new honour for the fallen's families yesterday... [read full story]
