Title:1ST BATTALION THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT, IRAQ, AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 6) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3024
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Interviews with members of the Staffordshire Regiment serving at Camp Abu Naji, specifically about the explosion which killed Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer, Private Leon Spicer and Private Phillip Hewett on 16 July 2004.
Description: START 06:00:00 Bars and tone.
06:00:30 Warrior armoured vehicles being walked out at Camp Abu Naji.
06:01:19 Interview with Private Sean Comm (?), aka "Coffee", a witness to the explosion; he gives his memories of the men.
06:15:37 Interview with Private Alex Phalen who was in the rear protection vehicle in the patrol. He shows a tattoo on his arm featuring a poem ("Epitaph" by S J Robinson) which was added to commemorate the three men.
06:22:47 Interview with unnamed soldier who was in the back of one of the Snatch Land Rovers on the patrol.
END 06:32:55
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Shearer, Richard (person)
Spicer, Leon Dominic (person)
Hewett, Phillip Dale Rimes (person)
British Army, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 32 mins
