UK Bomb disposal expert killed because he missed an order?

Could the same thing be happening with our own troops?

Afghanistan war widow told husband died because he missed order to abort mission
Daily Mail

Bomb disposal expert killed because he missed an order:
Patrol was not carrying radio in case it triggered Taliban explosives
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 11:19 AM on 18th December 2011

The widow of a bomb disposal expert has spoken of her shock after hearing that her husband died because he missed an order to abort his mission.

Coroporal Loren Marlton-Thomas, 28, was killed instantly by a Taliban bomb but wasn't aware that the mission had been called off because his patrol feared that carrying radios might trigger the IEDs.

His wife Nicola said she sat in shock listening to the evidence at a recent inquest into his death in Blackpool, Lancashire, where coroner Christopher Beverley recorded a verdict of unlawful killing.

'The evidence was like a hammer blow,' said Nicola, 32.

'One of Loren's colleagues said he learned six months after the incident that the order to search for booby trap bombs had been rescinded,' she told the Sunday Mirror.

The hearing was told how the Army has since changed the way it relays messages to troops in the field.

The coroner was told that soldiers did not use radios in case their frequencies triggered off enemy bombs.
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