Aug 31 (Reuters) - A British Royal Marine was killed on Saturday in an explosion while on foot patrol near Gereshk in Helmand province in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

The latest death was the 208th British military fatality in the Afghan conflict.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 807

Britain 208

Canada 128

Germany 35

France 29*

Denmark 25**

Spain 25

Netherlands 19

Italy 15

Other nations 60

TOTAL: 1,351

NOTES:

* Figures supplied by French military.

** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

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