Christopher John France from Washington Tyne and Wear enlisted into the Army Foundation College at Harrogate (AFC Harrogate) in 1999.Private France Passed Out of P Coy at Infantry Training Centre Catterick with AFC Platoon 01 on 3 December 1999. He was posted to 4 Platoon, B Company, 1 PARA.

On 6 April 2000, 18 year old Pte France died in a vehicle accident while on Exercise Tesex, on Salisbury Plain.