Saturday 30 May 2009

In Memoriam: Mike Gilyeat

Corporal Mike Gilyeat, from the Royal Military Police, was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 30th May 2007.
Cpl Gilyeat died when the United States Chinook helicopter he was travelling in crashed in the Kajaki area of northern Helmand.
His CO said: "Cpl Gilyeat was a gifted and enthusiastic member of the team who had made a real difference in the time he had been in theatre. He was an eternally cheerful character who was always quick to lend a hand wherever it was needed and did so without complaint. "