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Marine killed in Afghanistan due to be named

A marine from Plymouth based 42 commando killed in Afghanistan yesterday is expected to be named today.

The soldier was killed by a roadside bomb while on foot patrol in the Nahr-e-saraj district - his family have been informed.

He is the sixth soldier from Bickleigh based 42 commando to be killed on this deployment to Afghanistan.

42 commando are on a six month tour of Helmand

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