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London - A British soldier from the Welsh Guards was accidentally shot dead during a live firing exercise, media reports said.
Sergeant Gavin Hillier, 35, was shot on Thursday during a night-time training exercise, Xinhua news agency quoted Times newspaper as saying in a report on Saturday.
Hillier, from Pontypool, served in the regiment s motor transport platoon and was due to go Iraq this summer, the Evening Standard newspaper said.
The report adding that he had served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past.
He was killed at the gunnery ranges at the Castlemartin training area in the Pembrokeshire coast national park.
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A decorated soldier who was accidentally shot dead in a live fire training exercise in Wales has been named as Sergeant Gavin Hillier.
The Welsh Guards sergeant, who was named on social media, died on Thursday night following the fatal mistake in the Castlemartin Training Area, Pembrokeshire.
He had served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was in the motor transport platoon prior to his death - which is being investigated by military and civilian police.
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