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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tributes-paid-to-fearless-soldier.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Ranger David Dalzell was killed in Afghanistan during an 'operational accident'" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-tributes-paid-to-fearless-soldier.jpg" alt="Ranger David Dalzell was killed in Afghanistan during an 'operational accident'"/></a></p>
<p>A &#8220;fearless&#8221; British soldier was killed in an operational accident in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.</p>
<p>Ranger David Dalzell, 20, of 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, died on Friday while serving in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand.</p>
<p>Details of the accident will be heard during an inquest, the Ministry of Defence said.</p>
<p>A total of 352 UK military personnel have now died since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001, including 42 who have died as a result of accidents, illness, non-combat injuries or who have not yet officially been assigned a cause of death.</p>
<p>Ranger Dalzell came from Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland.</p>
<p>His parents, Gordon and Susan, said: &#8220;David was a loving and caring son and he was very proud to be a soldier. We are very proud of David as a son and he leaves behind a void that will never be filled.</p>
<p>&#8220;He will be missed by his brothers Gareth, Mark and Stewart and sisters Kelly, Catherine and Rachael.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lieutenant Colonel Colin Weir MBE, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, said: &#8220;Ranger David Dalzell was an extraordinary young man and despite his relatively short time in the Army he was already much loved by his fellow soldiers.</p>
<p>&#8220;He took to the field of battle like a natural; he was perfectly at home in the most difficult and dangerous of circumstances and his bravery never wavered under fire.</p>
<p>&#8220;He cheerfully carried the heaviest kit, over the most difficult terrain, in the most dangerous place in Helmand and when the time would come to fight he was fierce.&#8221;</p>
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