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Wednesday 16 February 2011

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan blast named


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BBC News - UK soldier killed in Afghanistan blast named: "A soldier killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence.

L/Cpl Kyle Cleet Marshall, of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, died after being caught in a roadside bomb blast in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

The 23-year-old, from Newcastle upon Tyne, had been due to marry his fiancee, Hayley, in July.

The UK death toll since operations began in Afghanistan in 2001 is 357.

Lt Col Andrew Harrison, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, said: 'He died as he lived, at the front, guiding his men, surrounded by friends and at the very tip of the battalion spear.'"


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