British commander country's highest ranking soldier to be killed in action since 1982 Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe was killed along with trooper Joshua Hammond They were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Wednesday LONDON, England (CNN) -- The commander of a British regiment has become the country's highest-ranking soldier to be killed in action since 1982's Falklands War after he was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe was killed when a roadside bomb denotated in Helmand province. Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe, 40, was killed along with trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, Wednesday as they were traveling along a canal in Lashkar Gah, in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, the British Ministry of Defense said. Thorneloe, a commanding officer who oversaw more than 1,000 men, had left the battle... [read full story]
