Soldier who died in Iraq training accident named as 29-year-old Lance Corporal

Lance Corporal James Freeman, 29, of the Royal Anglian Regiment, died during a training accident in Iraq (MoD/PA) - (PA Media)

The British soldier who died during a training accident in Iraq on Sunday has been named as a Lance Corporal from the Royal Anglian Regiment.

L/Cpl James Freeman, 29, died during what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) described as “routine training activity” in northern Iraq as part of Operation Shader, the UK’s war against so-called Islamic State.