[2] She was then posted to 11 Military Intelligence Section, Headquarters 1st (UK) Armoured Division in Herford, Germany,[3] and completed 2 tours in Iraq at Basra and then Baghdad.

As a Corporal, Bryant later joined 15 Psychological Operations Group based at DISC, deploying to Afghanistan in March 2008 as a Target Audience Analyst.

[3] Corporal Bryant died whilst taking part in an operation east of Lashkar Gah when the Land Rover SNATCH 2 vehicle in which she and four other soldiers were travelling received the blast of an improvised explosive device.

[3] After her remains had been repatriated to RAF Lyneham, Bryant's military funeral took place at Holy Trinity church in Wetheral, where she had married her husband two years previously.

[2] Her death received a great deal of coverage in the UK and international media, which in turn provoked discussion on the gendered nature of the War on Terror.