A British soldier has been killed by enemy fire while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
The serviceman, from 14 Signals Regiment (Electronic Warfare), attached to the Task Force Helmand Brigade Reconnaissance Force, died in Helmand Province.
The death takes the number of UK service personnel who have lost their lives since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001 to 445 and it is the seventh this year.
It is the first UK death in Afghanistan since Corporal William Savage, Fusilier Samuel Flint, and Private Robert Hetherington died when their Mastiff armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) on a routine patrol on April 30.
The soldier had been on a patrol in the area of Kakaran, north-east of Lashkar Gah.
Despite receiving immediate medical attention, he died from his injuries at the scene, according to the MoD.
The soldier was on patrol in the area of Kakaran, north-east of Lashkar Gah Task Force Helmand spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Hywel Lewis said: "A fantastic soldier has tragically died defending his comrades. He was the brightest and the best.
"Those who served alongside him were privileged and feel his loss most deeply. Our prayers and thoughts are with his family at this extremely difficult time."
It comes in the week after the last large military handover in Afghanistan, with the 7th Armoured Brigade, known as the Desert Rats, taking over authority for the British mission in Helmand.
Part of its job will be the closure of bases around Helmand and the return of equipment to the UK.
The British presence in Afghanistan will be almost halved by the end of this year to 5,200.
All combat operations in the country should be over by the end of next year, leaving Afghan forces fully in control.
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