A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence.
Sergeant Peter Rayner, 34, from Bradford, west Yorkshire, of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, was killed on Friday.
The soldier was carrying out a patrol in in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand Province.
The number of British military personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 is now 340.
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