British soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been killed in a firefight in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the MoD has said.The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, died from injuries sustained while on a joint UK and Afghan National Army patrol north of Musa Qala. Read It Here. RIP

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
Britain mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.