Ethan Cornish has joined 5 Rifles 14 years after his dad died. Corporal Matthew Cornish, 29, was killed in Basra in 2006 when he was wounded in a mortar attack on his unit’s base. Ethan, 18, joined his dad’s unit last week and was shown a memorial to his father inside the regiment’s HQ in Bulford, Wilts. He said: “I chose the regiment because of dad. Speaking at the time of her husband’s death Ethan’s mum Abby explained how she broke the news to her son, then just four.

Source: Daily Mirror December 19, 2020 22:41 UTC