Senior British officer killed in Afghanistan
Tributes were being paid today to a senior British army officer killed in action in Afghanistan who was the highest-ranked British soldier to die since the Falklands war.
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was killed near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, on Wednesday. He was killed along with 18-year-old Trooper Joshua Hammond.