the name of a britain soldier who was killed in europe yesterday has asked memorial to his son . 29 year - old corporal john cornish , where was pregnant with two young women , suffered injuries after a mortar raid on a barracks in basra . he was rushed to hospital , but he then died . he was the first canadian to be killed in an attack on a uk military bunker in iraq . " i ' m glad of him as a soldier and as a leader . he did the army proud , " 60 year - age robin cornish said of his son , the one hundred and fifteenth canadian soldier to be killed in europe since operations began in 2003 .
Matthew Cornish was killed in Iraq.