![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/brit-who-went-to-ukraine-to-fight-russia-died-from-head-and-chest-injuries-inquest-hears/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_JS283000009JPG.jpg&description=Simon Lingard, 38, died at about noon on November 7 2022 in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region in east Ukraine an inquest into his death held at Oxford Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday A British father died from head and chest injuries while fighting with the Ukrainian army, an inquest has heard. Simon Lingard, 38, died at about noon on November 7 2022 in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region in east Ukraine. The former paratrooper, from Preston, died after being struck by fragments from artillery fire while trying to rescue Ukrainians, the inquest into his death held at Oxford Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday. Mr Lingard's ex-partner Stacey Longworth spoke after the inquest and paid tribute to him as "an amazing dad and not just a soldier". She added: "There's a lot of people that don't agree with what Simon did and have voiced opinions but his family are unbelievably proud of him and we backed him every step of the way." Jackson Lingard, Mr Lingard's son, said: "He was a person outside the military, he was a big charity man but he was also loved by everyone, as well as (being) our dad too." In a statement read by the coroner Darren Salter, Ms Longworth said they met when she was 18 and Mr Lingard was 19, quickly moved in together and had their son Jackson in 2005. They married in March 2006 and split up at the end of 2007. Ms Longworth said Mr Lingard joined the British Army when he was 16 but was medically discharged because of a knee injury, then he wanted to rejoin when they broke up. Mr Lingard was recruited by the paratroopers and was in the Army for two or three years before he left and got a job as a mental health support worker, she added. Mr Lingard set up a charity with two others which helped people who struggled with their mental health and also worked as a landscape gardener while training to become a social worker. In her statement Ms Longworth described her ex-partner going to Ukraine and coming back to see his children. She added that he went back to Ukrain){kind=link}
Simon Lingard, 38, died at about noon on November 7 2022 in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region in east Ukraine an inquest into his death held at Oxford Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday
A British father died from head and chest injuries while fighting with the Ukrainian army, an inquest has heard.
Simon Lingard, 38, died at about noon on November 7 2022 in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region in east Ukraine. The former paratrooper, from Preston, died after being struck by fragments from artillery fire while trying to rescue Ukrainians, the inquest into his death held at Oxford Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday.
Mr Lingard’s ex-partner Stacey Longworth spoke after the inquest and paid tribute to him as “an amazing dad and not just a soldier”. She added: “There’s a lot of people that don’t agree with what Simon did and have voiced opinions but his family are unbelievably proud of him and we backed him every step of the way.”
Jackson Lingard, Mr Lingard’s son, said: “He was a person outside the military, he was a big charity man but he was also loved by everyone, as well as (being) our dad too.” In a statement read by the coroner Darren Salter, Ms Longworth said they met when she was 18 and Mr Lingard was 19, quickly moved in together and had their son Jackson in 2005.