No inquiry into soldier's death
No military inquiry will be held into the death of a Cannock soldier killed in Afghanistan because there are "no lessons to be learned", army bosses have said. No military inquiry will be held into the death of a Cannock soldier killed in Afghanistan because there are "no lessons to be learned", army bosses have said. Simon Davison, aged 22, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, died after being shot following a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan on May 3. He died manning a machine gun while trying to protect his fellow soldiers. The incident happened at a checkpoint in the dangerous Helmand Province. The Ministry of Defence today confirmed there will be no board of inquiry into the former Cardinal Griffin High School pupil's death because nothing can be learned from the incident. Read the full story in the Express & Star.
Simon Davison, aged 22, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, died after being shot following a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan on May 3. He died manning a machine gun while trying to protect his fellow soldiers.
The incident happened at a checkpoint in the dangerous Helmand Province.
The Ministry of Defence today confirmed there will be no board of inquiry into the former Cardinal Griffin High School pupil's death because nothing can be learned from the incident.
A board of inquiry is often held to establish facts surrounding the death of a soldier and how similar deaths can be prevented.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "A post incident analysis was immediately carried out into this incident by the Chain of Command.
"This analysis established that there were no further lessons to be learned from this incident and special dispensation was given not to hold a Board of Inquiry."
Simon's mother Maureen Davison, of Oriel Close, Cannock, accepted the decision and said she was happy with what the MoD had done.
She said: "I was aware of this and I am totally satisfied with the decision by the MoD.
"If they have done their inquiries and feel there is nothing more they can learn then I am happy with that."
Mrs Davison said she was satisfied her son, who loved being in the army, had been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Coroner for Staffordshire South, Andrew Haigh, has taken responsibility for holding an inquest into the death of Guardsman Davison. No date has yet been set for this inquest which will be held at Cannock Coroner's Court.
More than 400 mourners crowded into St Mary's Church in Cannock to pay a final tribute to Guardsman Davison at his funeral.
