Digital monument helps loved ones honour those remembered on Basra Memorial Wall

BFBS Forces News has created a digital memorial showing the Basra Memorial Wall to help families, friends and former comrades find the names of those remembered there.

The camera moves slowly along the memorial's brass plaques at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, passing each name, rank, regiment, date and age in turn.

The wall records the 178 UK service personnel and one MOD civilian who died in Iraq during Operation Telic, the name given to the British involvement in the Iraq War. 

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The original memorial was built by British service personnel in Basra in 2006, outside the headquarters of Multi-National Division South East.

Basra, Iraq's main port city, became the centre of Britain's military presence in southern Iraq after the 2003 invasion.

The war led to heavy losses among Iraqis, coalition forces and civilians.

The UK's main combat mission in Iraq ended in 2009. Operation Telic formally concluded on 22 May 2011, after a smaller Royal Navy-led training mission for Iraqi forces came to an end.

The Basra Memorial Wall was dismantled after the end of UK combat operations in 2009 and rebuilt at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA).

Its original brass plaques were returned from Iraq and placed on the memorial in Britain, where they continue to be displayed.

For those unable to visit the NMA in person, the video offers a quiet way to move along the wall, one name at a time. Find the name of your comrade or loved one above.