British Personnel Involved
The following were the 15 Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel detained on 23 March 2007:
- Lieutenant Felix Carman RN (The senior British officer captured)
- Captain Christopher Air RM
- Chief Petty Officer Gavin Cavendish
- Acting Sergeant Dean Harris
- Leading Seaman Christopher Coe
- Acting Leading Seaman Faye Turney
- Lance Corporal Mark Banks
- Able Seaman Arthur Batchelor
- Able Seaman Andrew Henderson
- Able Seaman Simon Massey
- Able Seaman Nathan Thomas Summers
- Marine Paul Barton
- Marine Daniel Masterton
- Marine Adam Sperry
- Marine Joe Tindell
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