He and Sgt Gareth Thursby were shot by a rogue Afghan policeman who lured them to his side with a fake injury.

BBC: Pte Thomas Wroe

The inquest heard Sgt Thursby, 29, died alongside Private Thomas Wroe, 18, while manning a checkpoint in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province on 15 September last year.

BBC: Kingsman Ryan Ward

Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe, both of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, were shot dead on Saturday by a rogue Afghan soldier who turned on them after faking injury.

BBC: William Hague