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| UK soldier died helping comrade | UK soldier died helping comrade |
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| A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan was helping a comrade who had been caught in an earlier blast. | A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan was helping a comrade who had been caught in an earlier blast. |
| Sgt Paul McAleese, 29, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, went to the aid of Pte Jonathan Young, 18, from Hull, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. | Sgt Paul McAleese, 29, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, went to the aid of Pte Jonathan Young, 18, from Hull, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. |
| Sgt McAleese, born in Hereford, was then killed in the second explosion while on patrol in Helmand on Thursday. | Sgt McAleese, born in Hereford, was then killed in the second explosion while on patrol in Helmand on Thursday. |
| He is the son of John McAleese, who led the raid that ended the siege on the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. | He is the son of John McAleese, who led the raid that ended the siege on the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. |
| The servicemen were killed on the day Afghan voters went to the polls. | The servicemen were killed on the day Afghan voters went to the polls. |
| Sgt McAleese leaves a widow, Jo, and a son, Charley, who was born a week before he was deployed to Afghanistan. | |
| 'So proud' | |
| Mrs McAleese said: "Mac, my husband, my best friend, my hero. You were an amazing daddy to Charley and the best husband I could have ever asked for. | |
| "We will love you and miss you for ever. We will always be so proud of what you achieved in your life and I am so, so proud to be your wife." | |
| Rob Hilliard, a 2nd Lieutenant and 10 Platoon Commander, described how Sgt McAleese died trying to help Pte Young. | |
| "Sgt McAleese was killed while trying to get to a fellow British soldier who had been hit in an IED [Improvised explosive device] strike - fearlessly fulfilling his role as sergeant - a role he had excelled at in recent weeks in the most unimaginable of circumstances," he said. | |
| Pte Young leaves his mother, Angela, brother, Carl, sister, Leah, and girlfriend, Nicola. |