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Op TELIC I
Op TELIC II
Op TELIC III
9.7  |  May 2008 to October 2009
Table 3: UK Service personnel deployed to Iraq
Time period
“March/April” 2003
Mid May
31 May
11 June
25 June
10 July
4 August
17 November
29 March 2004
Number of UK Service
personnel deployed
46,000200
25,000-30,000201
18,000202
17,000203
14,000204
12,000205
10,000206
10,500207
8,827208
200 The National Archives, [undated], ‘Operations in Iraq: Facts and Figures’. The figure includes support
staff stationed outside Iraq.
201 House of Commons, Official Report, 30 April 2003, column 16WS. The figure describes UK Service
Personnel deployed in the Gulf region.
202 The National Archives, [undated], ‘Operations in Iraq: Facts and Figures’. The figure describes UK
military personnel deployed in Iraq.
203 House of Commons, Official Report, 11 June 2003, column 51WS. The figure describes UK servicemen
and women in the Gulf region.
204 House of Lords, Official Report, 25 June 2003, column 307. The figure describes the number of
personnel in Iraq and Kuwait.
205 Letter Williams to Rycroft, 10 July 2003, ‘UK Force Levels in Iraq’. The figure refers to personnel
deployed in the Gulf region on activities related to Op TELIC.
206 Letter MOD [junior official] to Rycroft, 4 August 2003, ‘Iraq: Force Level Review’. The figure describes
the total deployed strength.
207 Ministry of Defence, Operations in Iraq: Lessons for the Future, December 2003. The figure describes
forces “in theatre” at 17 November 2003.
208 House of Commons, Official Report, 29 March 2004, column 1256. The figure refers to Armed Forces
personnel serving in Iraq.
465
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