A soldier who died more than two months after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan was tonight named as Corporal Jack Stanley.
The 26-year-old, from The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham yesterday, after he was caught in an explosion from an improvised explosive device (IED) on February 3.
The soldier, from Bolton, was a Section Commander who deployed to Afghanistan with C (Coriano) Company, Combined Force Lashkar Gah (The Queen's Royal Hussars Battle Group) in October 2011.