Tributes to ‘stalwart’ soldier killed by Helmand roadside bomb
12 April 2012
Tributes were paid today to a British soldier killed in a roadside blast in Afghanistan.
Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze, 31, from Manchester, died while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on Saturday.
His family said: "We are very proud of a brave, loving and sincere son and brother. He served for 14 years in the armed forces and was recognised as an excellent soldier. The Army was his life. He is going to be desperately missed by his family and his fiancée."
L/Cpl Breeze served in 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment and was working to clear an area near a checkpoint when he died.
Describing L/Cpl Breeze as a dedicated soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Hadfield said: "He was a stalwart of the battalion."
