Piper Christopher Muzvuru, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, was killed in action in Basrah on 6 April 2003.
Christopher Muzvuru, who was 21, was born in Zimbabwe and enlisted into the Army in February 2001. After training, he joined his Battalion in October 2001. In April 2002 he completed a Pipers course at the Piping School in Edinburgh and was a valued member of the Battalion's Pipe Band.
He deployed to Operation Telic in an armoured infantry section with Number 1 Company, Irish Guards, as part of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Battle Group within 7 Armoured Brigade.
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