{"id":625468,"date":"2025-12-11T03:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/625468\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T03:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:35:19","slug":"british-soldier-killed-in-ukraine-military-training-exercise-named-and-pictured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/625468\/","title":{"rendered":"British soldier killed in Ukraine military training exercise named and pictured"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A British soldier killed on duty in Ukraine has been named by the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n

Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, of the Parachute Regiment, died in a \u201ctragic accident\u201d while observing Ukrainian forces testing a new defensive capability on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Paying tribute at Prime Minister\u2019s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> said: \u201cLance Corporal Hooley was injured in a tragic accident away from the front lines while observing Ukrainian forces testing a new defensive capability.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis life was full of courage and determination. He served our country with honour and distinction around the world in the cause of freedom and democracy, including as part of the small number of British personnel in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UK has previously acknowledged that a \u201csmall number\u201d of military personnel are in the country, mainly providing security for the British diplomatic presence and supporting the Ukrainian armed forces.<\/p>\n

\"LanceLance Corporal George Hooley, 28, of the Parachute Regiment, has been named as the soldier killed in Ukraine (PA)<\/p>\n

A Ministry of Defence<\/a> statement said: \u201cIt is with sadness that we must confirm that the member of the UK Armed Forces who died in Ukraine on Tuesday 9th December is Lance Corporal George Hooley of the Parachute Regiment. He was 28 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with Lance Corporal Hooley’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Parachute Regiment is an airborne infantry regiment of the British Army, primarily based at Merville Barracks in Colchester.<\/p>\n

It has not been disclosed which battalion of the Parachute Regiment L\/Cpl Hooley served in.<\/p>\n

The 1st Battalion is under the direction of special forces while other battalions are part of the British Army\u2019s rapid response formation.<\/p>\n

Defence secretary John Healey<\/a> paid tribute, saying \u201che served our country with distinction\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Healey visited Washington DC on Wednesday to discuss the Aukus nuclear submarine programme and his Australian and US counterparts also paid tribute to the British paratrooper.<\/p>\n

United States secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, said: \u201cOur thoughts and prayers go out to you, and to him and his family, and it is a reflection of the sacrifice and commitment that so many make around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s defence minister Richard Marles added: \u201cLet me start there and also pass on my condolences to George Hooley\u2019s family. We are all very much thinking of you at this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-625468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115698842709897855","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}