the husband of a us sailor who was killed in service yesterday has raised tribute to his father . 29 year - old corporal matthew cornish , who was married with two adolescent children , suffered fractures after a mortar attack on a target in basra . he was rushed to hospital , but he later died . he was the 1st british to be killed in an attack on a former military post in iraq . " i ' m celebration of him as a soldier and as a son . he did the army glory , " 60 year - old robin cornish spoke of his son , the ones dozen and twentieth british soldier to be killed in iraq since operations commenced in 2003 .
Matthew Cornish was killed in Iraq.