Sgt Tonroe, 33, belonged to the SAS’s B Squadron and had served in British Special Forces units for eight years, according to defence sources. A US Special Forces soldier – Master Sergeant Jonathan Dunbar, 36, from Austin, Texas – was also killed when the device exploded near Manbij’s Sheikh Akil cemetery. Sgt Tonroe was born in Manchester in August 1984 and joined the Parachute Regiment just days after his 20th birthday. Sgt Tonroe fought to protect British values, our freedoms and to keep us back at home safe. The top-secret raids captured a strategically vital air base in Syria which British and US Special Forces troops used to launch attacks on the IS stronghold of Raqqa.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2018 16:01 UTC