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A soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 22-year-old Trooper Robert Pearson. | A soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 22-year-old Trooper Robert Pearson. |
He died after a suspected mine strike on his vehicle in the south of the country. | He died after a suspected mine strike on his vehicle in the south of the country. |
Another soldier who was hurt in the blast is still receiving medical treatment for his injuries. | |
Trooper Pearson, from Grimsby, had been with the Queen's Royal Lancers Regiment for just over a year. | |
Commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nixon-Eckersall said Trooper Pearson had "already made a name for himself in his squadron where he was a popular and well-respected individual". | |
"Trooper Pearson took a keen and professional interest in his job as a formation reconnaissance soldier; his outgoing and confident manner giving a strong indication to his chain of command that he was a talent to watch." | |
The MoD said the dead soldier's next of kin had been informed. |