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Marine Tony Evans and and Marine Georgie Sparks, of 42 Commando Royal Marines, were taking part in a foot patrol north-west of the town of Lashkar Gah in the southern area of the Helmand province when they came under sustained enemy fire.

They were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades while on the roof of a building, and died from their injuries while being flown back to Camp Bastion by helicopter.

The deaths bring the total number of British service personnel killed in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001 to 128.

Marine Evans, from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, joined 42 Commando after completing his training in July 2007.

The 20-year-old's parents, Tony Evans and Julia Churchill, paid tribute to him, saying: "The Royal Marines was his life since the age of 13 when he became a Royal Marines cadet. We, his family, are very proud of what he achieved and will miss him dearly."

Marine Sparks, 19, from Epping, Essex, joined the Marines in 2006 and qualified as a sniper with 42 Commando.

His parents, Wayne and Toni, and sister Katie said: "We are so very proud of Georgie - he always wanted to be a Royal Marine. He loved the outdoors - fishing, shooting, paintballing - and was very close to his family. We miss him so much."