A sergeant has been killed in a shooting accident on a training area, the British Army has said. Gavin Hillier, who was from the Welsh Guards, died on Thursday, when a live firing exercise was taking place at the Castlemartin range in Pembrokeshire. “My eldest son was in a fatal accident, in the army, the job he loved. The MOD firing notice shows firing exercises have been carried out at the range every day this week, with a number of roads and footpaths closed to allow the training to go ahead. "The circumstances surrounding this death are being investigated and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time."

Source: Daily Mirror March 05, 2021 19:39 UTC