article_snippet: Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, 25, was hit by mortar fire while battling alongside Kurdish forces near the Syrian city of Qamishli.
article_snippet: In the video message Mr Scurfield says Mr Scurfield was in Syria of Mr Scurfield
article_snippet: It also emerged that Konstandinos Erik Scurfield (kneeling) was questioned by police last October on suspicion of going to Syria to fight jihadists.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield (pictured), one whose fellow-fighters said whose fellow-fighters 'gave whose fellow-fighters life combating terrorism for whose fellow-fighters nation' whose fellow-fighters was preparing to fly from the US to Turkey after contacting a Kurdish group on Facebook.
article_snippet: Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was stopped from joining Kurdish forces last October when Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was still a serving Royal Marine.
article_snippet: Konstandinos Erik Scurfield had been training with the US Marines in California when Konstandinos Erik Scurfield made email contact with a Kurdish group and arranged to travel to the frontline.
article_snippet: But Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was stopped while trying to board a flight from Los Angeles to Istanbul, a now well-known jumping off point for Syria, in October and questioned by the American authorities.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield, known as Kosta to his comrades, is the first Briton to be killed while fighting Islamic State in Syria.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield left Mr Scurfield UK base in November, telling Mr Scurfield parents and three siblings that Mr Scurfield was going to provide ‘medical and humanitarian support’ as an expert in battlefield medicine.
article_snippet: Fellow fighters in Mr Scurfield's 'Lions of Rojava' group have posted tributes to Mr Scurfield online today .
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield was described by family friends as 'strong-willed', with a 'deep sense of duty and honour' A pro-Kurdish campaigner says Mr Scurfield has informed Mr Scurfield family of Mr Scurfield death.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield died while fighting with the Kurdistan People's Protection Units (YPG) in the Al-Hasakah province on Monday .
article_snippet: But last night details emerged from soldiers fighting on the frontline in Syria that painted Mr Scurfield as a hardened warrior desperate to help the Kurds defeat jihadists. '
article_snippet: We are devastated to confirm the death of We son Konstandinos Erik Scurfield in Syria where he went to support the forces opposing Islamic State. '
article_snippet: He said the Peshmerga wanted to bury Mr Scurfield as ‘one of the Peshmerga comrades in arms, as a hero’.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield was fighting alongside the YPG .
highlights_snippet: Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was killed fighting Islamic State on Monday .
  