Rifleman Jonathon Allott of 3rd Battalion The Rifles died in Afghanistan on 5 March, 2010.

The 19-year-old received fatal wounds in an explosion in Helmand Province while on an operation to insert a new patrol base.

He left behind his parents, sister and two brothers.

Jonathon Michael Allott was born in North Shields on 31 May, 1990. He attended Kings High School in his home town of Bournemouth before becoming an apprentice bricklayer.

He enlisted to join the Army in 2008 and was sent for training at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick, completing this at the end of May 2009. He joined 3rd Battalion The Rifles in Edinburgh in June 2009 and joined B Company for their pre-deployment training.

Rifleman Allott deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan in September 2009 where he was employed as the front man in his patrol, responsible for clearing the ground of improvised explosive devices.

His platoon was working out of a Patrol Base in the centre of Sangin and, alongside their Afghan National Army partners, were providing security and reassurance to the local population.