Trooper Kristen Turton of The Queen’s Royal Lancers Battle GroupTwo British soldiers killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a bomb blast in Iraq were named by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
They are Corporal Ben Leaning, aged 24, and Trooper Kristen Turton, aged 28, of The Queen’s Royal Lancers Battle Group.
The troops were patrolling in the southern province of Maysan on Thursday when the device exploded.
Three other soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, in the blast.
Corporal Leaning was commanding and Trooper Turton was driving a Scimitar Armoured Reconnaissance vehicle which was providing protection for a convoy.
Corporal Leaning, or “Bill” as he was known, was from Scunthorpe and joined the Army in January 1999.
He was posted to his local armoured regiment, The Queen’s Royal Lancers, where he served on Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks.
Trooper Turton was from Grimsby. Joining The Queen’s Royal Lancers in the… Read the full story