Major Dean Murch MBE, Officer Commanding, The Rifles Company, 1st Infantry Training Battalion, Infantry Training Centre, said:
We are utterly devastated, but our loss is nothing compared to that of his loved ones. His family have lost a son, a brother, a fiancée and a very special friend, their grief will be inconsolable. Truly the thoughts and prayers of every single Rifleman in the Regiment and all his colleagues at the Infantry Training Centre are with them in their hour of need, now and in the forthcoming days and beyond.
