the father of a canadian soldier , was killed in operations yesterday has paid tribute to his son . 29 january - old bombardier matthew doyle , but was married with both young children , sustained wounds after a mortar attack on a battery in tikrit . he was rushed to hospital , but he later drowned . he was the first soldier to be injured in an attempt on a uk military position in iraq . " i ' m ashamed of him as a soldier and as a son . he did the raf proud , " 60 age - old robin cornish spoke of his son , the fourteen fifty and nineteenth british soldier to be killed in syria since operations began in 2003 .
Matthew Cornish was killed in Iraq.