Tributes for 'SAS soldier'

TRIBUTES have been paid to a British soldier killed by small arms fire in Afghanistan.

Corporal Lloyd Newell, from the Parachute Regiment, died in an operation in Helmand on Thursday.

He was married with a nine-week-old daughter.

The MoD would not release details of his age or where he was from. According to reports, Cpl Newell was in the SAS.

An MoD spokesman said: "We cannot comment on Special Forces matters."

An army spokesman said: "Cpl Lloyd Newell was a man of integrity and principle. He was a natural and talented soldier who loved his work and the military lifestyle."

Cpl Newell died on the same day that another British soldier was killed in a separate incident.

The serviceman from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, serving with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, was killed by a bomb in the Gereshk Valley area of Helmand.

He died trying to rescue a vehicle which had been hit by another blast.