Sergeant Barry “Baz” Weston, RM
30 August 2011. Near Sukmanda, Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand.
K Company, 42 Commando.
40 years old.
Baz was born in Reading on 27 February 1971. He joined the Corps on 30 September 1991 and was one of the fittest in his recruit troop.
Twenty years in: Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq. Reconnaissance operator. Platoon Weapons Instructor. Recruit Troop Sergeant.
He was a Cpl on my training team and I received both his jokes and his thrashings on my journey to the green lid.
In May 2011 he volunteered at short notice as a battle casualty replacement and went out to Afghanistan. He was dropped in as a multiple commander in one of the hardest parts of K Company’s ground.
His men called him a father figure.

They followed him into Sukmanda again and again.
He was leading a patrol when an IED killed him.
He left his wife Joanne and their three daughters, Jasmine, Poppy and Rose. The family said they were devastated — and proud.
He died doing the job he loved.
His commanding officer called him one of the finest senior NCOs in the Corps, on the cusp of promotion, still with so much to give.
Sergeant Barry John Weston.
K Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines.
27 February 1971 – 30 August 2011.
Gone but not forgotten Baz, see you at the reorg.
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