‘He served with honour’: Starmer pays tribute to British soldier killed in Ukraine

L/Cpl George Hooley, pictured with his dog Mabel. The MoD said he had been ‘an exceptional soldier’. Photograph: MOD

The British soldier who died in Ukraine on Tuesday has been named as L/Cpl George Hooley, 28, of the Parachute regiment.

Keir Starmer told the Commons on Wednesday that Hooley had died in a “tragic accident” away from the frontlines while watching a test of “a new defensive capability” with members of the Ukrainian military.