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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. |
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. | |
Cpl Barnes's leaves behind his wife Diana. | |
"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. | |
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. |
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