On 1 March 2011, Theo and Lance Corporal Tasker were on a mission in support of the Irish Guards in the Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand, when a fire-fight broke out, killing Lance Corporal Tasker.

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Lance, who held power to hire and fire, in 2000 would release rider Frankie Andreu.

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