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Kingsman Danny John Wilson, 28, from the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died on Sunday after he was injured during a patrol in Basra.

He had already served in the country and volunteered to go back and fight for a second time, the Ministry of Defence said.

The father of one, who leaves his wife Tracey and son Leo, was on his second tour in the war-torn country and had been earmarked as a future officer because of his experience, the MoD said.

Mrs Wilson told ITV News that a card from her husband celebrating their wedding anniversary had arrived as she struggled to come to terms with his death.

She said: "I actually got an anniversary card from him today because obviously the post isn't exactly quick.

"It's like it's all happening to somebody else. I look at his picture in the paper and it's just not him to me... it's not happening. But I think it will probably start to sink in when I go to see his body and go to the funeral."

Kingsman Wilson, from Workington, started his career in the Territorial Army with the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers.

In July 2005, he joined the 1st Battalion, The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment and served his first tour in Iraq.

He volunteered to deploy again with the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, and joined its Chindit Company there early last month.