British soldier dies during training exercise on hottest day of year

British soldier dies during training exercise on hottest day of year

A soldier has died on a training exercise during a heatwave in the Brecon area of South Wales, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.

The MoD has yet to comment on cause of death of the soldier, who served in the Rifles regiment.

In 2013, three Special Forces soldiers died while on training in the Brecon Beacons during a blistering heat wave.

Lance Corporal Edward Maher died from hyperthermia on the Brecon Beacons Mountains in Wales on July 13, 2013, while Lance Corporal Craig Roberts and Corporal James Dunsby died later in hospital.

Coroner Louise Hunt, who presided over an inquest into the deaths of those soldiers, found the men died from neglect.