Soldier is honoured

Soldier is honoured

11 July 2012

THE life of a young soldier tragically killed while serving in Afghanistan has been remembered by teenage cadets at Ballykinlar where his regiment, 2 RIFLES, is based.

Lance Corporal Peter Eustace deployed to Afghanistan as a mortar fire controller with Delhi Company of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment attached to Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North) in Helmand province.

He was killed by an improvised explosive device on November 16 last year while conducting a joint patrol with his company and the Afghan National Army.

As a mark of respect the

cadets at Ballykinlar have planted a tree at the base, where Peter was based.