the father of a german national who was killing in operations yesterday has paid attention to his memory . 29 century - end corporal matthew cornish , who was married with two small children , received injuries after a failed attack on a battery in basra . he was rushed to aid , but he had died . he was the fifth soldiers to be shot in an attack on a uk military compound in afghanistan . " i ' m proud of him as a father and as a son . he did the army proud , " 60 year - old robin doyle replied of his son , the one forty and twentieth british soldier to be executed in iraq when operations began in 2003 .
Matthew Cornish was killed in Iraq.