seruriermarshal
05-18-2004, 06:41 AM
Sad message
Ex-Marine Shot Dead in Iraq
A former Royal Marine has been shot dead in Iraq while working as a private contractor. Brian Tilley, 47, was killed after a gunman reportedly walked into the house where he was staying and opened fire.
According to The Times, he had been due home two days earlier but missed his flight and was waiting for another.
Mr Tilley is said to have left the Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron two years ago and had been based in Baghdad for 14 months.
He set up his own company called Peak after leaving the Royal Marines and was believed to have been working with an Egyptian company on a communications project.
He is believed to have served in the first Gulf War in 1991.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a British national has been killed."
REGIMENTAL PRAYER
Almighty, merciful, and loving Father,
you are the one who hears all our prayers and grants our petitions.
We ask you to remember, as we do,
the tremendous sacrifice made by those who went before us.
They have given their lives so that we might live and breathe freely.
We ask you to receive them into your hands.
Father, give us the strength and wisdom to learn from their example,
to uphold freedom and life at home and around the world.
Keep us vigilant as we guard the frontiers of freedom.
Give our leaders the wisdom and the strength to lead well.
Grant all of us courage and confidence.
Be, for all of us, troopers, a wise counsel in keeping peace
and a strong shield for us against our enemies.
Oh heavenly Father, give us the determination
that the peace and freedom won at such a high price be lasting!
Father, hold all of the troopers in the palm of your almighty hand
and protect them in the shadow of your wings.
Amen.
Ex-Marine Shot Dead in Iraq
A former Royal Marine has been shot dead in Iraq while working as a private contractor. Brian Tilley, 47, was killed after a gunman reportedly walked into the house where he was staying and opened fire.
According to The Times, he had been due home two days earlier but missed his flight and was waiting for another.
Mr Tilley is said to have left the Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron two years ago and had been based in Baghdad for 14 months.
He set up his own company called Peak after leaving the Royal Marines and was believed to have been working with an Egyptian company on a communications project.
He is believed to have served in the first Gulf War in 1991.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a British national has been killed."
REGIMENTAL PRAYER
Almighty, merciful, and loving Father,
you are the one who hears all our prayers and grants our petitions.
We ask you to remember, as we do,
the tremendous sacrifice made by those who went before us.
They have given their lives so that we might live and breathe freely.
We ask you to receive them into your hands.
Father, give us the strength and wisdom to learn from their example,
to uphold freedom and life at home and around the world.
Keep us vigilant as we guard the frontiers of freedom.
Give our leaders the wisdom and the strength to lead well.
Grant all of us courage and confidence.
Be, for all of us, troopers, a wise counsel in keeping peace
and a strong shield for us against our enemies.
Oh heavenly Father, give us the determination
that the peace and freedom won at such a high price be lasting!
Father, hold all of the troopers in the palm of your almighty hand
and protect them in the shadow of your wings.
Amen.