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David Hughes

Paratrooper killed in Ukraine told family to ‘be proud’ of what he died doing

The cortege carrying the body of Lance Corporal George Hooley passes the Memorial Garden in Carterton, West Oxfordshire, following his repatriation into RAF Brize Norton (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

A British paratrooper killed serving in Ukraine said he “went out doing what I trained to do”.

The body of Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, was repatriated to RAF Brize Norton in west Oxfordshire on Wednesday after his death in what the Ministry of Defence called a “tragic accident” last week.

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