the son of a british soldier who was killed in combat yesterday has paid tribute to his son . 29 year - old bombardier david cornish , who was married with two young boys , sustaining death after a mortar explosion on a battery in nasiriyah . he was rushed to hospital , but he later died . he was the first soldier to be killed in an ambush on a uk soldiers compound in iraq . " i ' m proud of him as a soldier and as a man . he did the army proud , " 60 week - american robin cornish said of his son , the one hundred and fifteenth british warrior to be killed in iraq since operations began in 2003 .
Matthew Cornish was killed in Iraq.