Sergeant Jonathan Hollingsworth CGC, QGM, described as "an SAS hero" by a British tabloid newspaper and the former paratrooper, reportedly sustained gunshot wounds during a raid to capture terror leaders in Basra and later died of his injuries at a nearby military hospital. Sources suggest he had been recommended for a Conspicuous Gallantry Cross after single-handedly killing six insurgents during a separate raid in the southern Iraq capital only weeks earlier. He was the 126th British soldier to be killed in operations in Iraq.