'An unfillable hole'- tributes paid to soldier

TRIBUTES have been paid to a serving Royal Welsh soldier who died last week.

- By ELLIE GOSLEY

The Royal Welsh announced that Lance Corporal Bryn Jenkins, who was a serving member of the Delta (Fire Support) Company based at Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, died on Sunday, December 7.

His former platoon commander said that LCpl Jenkins “was exactly the kind of Welshman” he hoped to work with when joining the Royal Welsh, adding that his death will leave an “unfillable hole”.

The Royal Welsh said he was a “highly capable solider”

LCpl Jenkins was a qualified sniper and a talented warrior driver, which earned him the nickname of “Bryn Diesel”.

A touching tribute shared by The Royal Welsh said that LCpl Jenkins was an “adventurous, thoughtful soul” who provided “endless humour”