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UK soldier in Afghan blast named UK soldier in Afghan blast named
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The British soldier killed by a suspected roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence as Jason Barnes. The British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence as Jason Barnes.
Corporal Barnes, 25, served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and was attached to the Parachute Regiment.Corporal Barnes, 25, served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and was attached to the Parachute Regiment.
Two other soldiers from the Parachute Regiment's 2nd Battalion were wounded in the same incident. He was killed by an explosive device as he drove an ambulance back to base after assisting in the evacuation of two of his fellow soldiers.
The injuries of the two soldiers are not thought to be life-threatening. Cpl Barnes's leaves behind his wife Diana.
The dead man's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Joe O'Sullivan, said he had been killed helping others when he could have "taken an easier path". "He died helping others when he could have taken an easier path, and in doing so demonstrated the commitment and bloody-minded determination that runs so deeply through the battalion," Lieutenant Colonel Joe O'Sullivan, 2 Para's commanding officer, said.
He praised Corporal Barnes for his "commitment and bloody-minded determination". Another soldier from 2 Para was critically wounded in a mine blast as British troops took on Taliban militants in the Kajaki area of Helmand Province on Tuesday evening local time.
After assisting with the evacuation of the injured serviceman by helicopter, Cpl Barnes was driving a Vector army ambulance back to base when it was hit by a suspected insurgent explosive device.
Despite medics' efforts, he died a few minutes later.
"Died as he lived"
"He was a loving husband and will be sadly missed," his wife Diana said.
His colleagues and senior officers said he was a hard-working soldier with a "bright future" who always went out of his way to help.
"He died as he lived, placing others first and doing what he wanted to do, so well, without fear or complaint," Major Grant Haywood said
"He will be truly missed by all here and our thoughts are with his wife, family and friends."
Cpl Barnes joined the Army at the age of 16 in 1999, choosing to specialise in maintaining weapons as a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers armourer.
Cpl Barnes's death took to 111 the number of British service personnel who have lost their lives since the start of operations in Afghanistan in November 2001.