Corporal killed in explosion named
A British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan during a bloody period of fighting has been named as Corporal Lee Scott.
The 26-year-old, from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was married with two young children.
He died in an explosion near Nad-e-Ali in Helmand Province on Friday - on a day which saw the deaths of six British troops.
Cpl Scott was killed while taking part in Operation Panther's Claw.
Born in Ely, he grew up in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
He married his wife Nikki in February 2008 and had a four-year-old son Kai and eight-month-old daughter Brooke.
Mrs Scott said: "Lee was not only my husband but my best friend, ask anyone who was lucky enough to have met Lee and they'd all tell you the same, he was the most loving, kindest, thoughtful person you could ever meet.
"He was so full of life and permanently had a cheeky grin on his face. I am so proud to be his wife. As well as the army, his family were his life."
Five British soldiers killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan on Friday were later named by the Ministry of Defence as Corporal Jonathan Horne, Rifleman William Aldridge, Rifleman James Backhouse, Rifleman Joseph Murphy and Rifleman Daniel Simpson from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles.
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