THE body of brave Kosta Scurfield is expected to be repatriated today.
Kosta, 25, of Royston, was the first Briton to be killed fighting against Islamic State in Syria. He died on March 2 fighting alongside Kurdish forces.
His body was handed over to his father Chris Scurfield and an uncle in a ceremony at the weekend on the Syria-Iraq border, attended by hundreds of Kurds.
The ex-Royal Marine, who was an expert in battlefield medicine, is believed to have travelled to war-torn Syria last December hoping to provide medical and humanitarian support.
** The full story is in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated March 20. **
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