Musician Kate Whittaker reflected in the plaque on the Helmand Memorial Stone at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan 2011

The musician sister of a British paratrooper who lost his life in Afghanistan in 2008 recently made a pilgrimage to her brother's Helmand memorial during a brief tour of Afghanistan. Reservist soldier Private Joe Whittaker of 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device while serving in Helmand as part of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Battle Group.