{"id":140528,"date":"2026-06-01T14:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/140528\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:55:26","slug":"british-soldier-dies-in-training-accident-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/140528\/","title":{"rendered":"British soldier dies in training accident in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:The Independent US;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"The Independent US\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"271\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-12\/ae90c5b0-7c98-11ed-befe-1be805a50c91.jpeg\"\/><\/a>Mon, June 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM UTC<img alt=\"A member of the British Army died in a training accident, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed (PA Archive)\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_independent_us_877\/8cf56492612b77c6d90419bfc3a68e9b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A member of the British Army died in a training accident, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed (PA Archive)<\/p>\n<p>A member of the <a data-ylk=\"slk:British Army;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/british-army\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">British Army<\/a> died in a training accident in <a data-ylk=\"slk:Iraq;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/iraq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq<\/a> on Sunday, the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Ministry of Defence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ministry-of-defence\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Defence<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the House of Commons, defence secretary John Healey said the incident took place in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Healey said: \u201cA training accident occurred in Northern Iraq yesterday for which a service personnel from the British Army has died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family has been informed and asked for a period of grace before further details are released. I know the thoughts of the House are with the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Defence secretary John Healey announced in the House of Commons that a member of the British Army died in a training accident in Iraq on Sunday (PA)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_independent_us_877\/e424f37d0ad06fa9d3d3a0da0779355e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Defence secretary John Healey announced in the House of Commons that a member of the British Army died in a training accident in Iraq on Sunday (PA)<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on social media, a spokesperson said: \u201cIt is with deep regret that we can confirm that a training accident occurred in northern Iraq on Sunday 31 May 2026 in which a service person from the British Army died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe service person&#8217;s family have been informed and have requested a period of grace before further details are released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends at this sad time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, June 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM UTC A member of the British Army died in a training&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[46182,24613,94,6615,14582,2078],"class_list":["post-140528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-british-army","tag-house-of-commons","tag-iraq","tag-john-healey","tag-ministry-of-defence","tag-northern-iraq"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116675433407321153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}