article_snippet: ex-marine Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was flown to Manchester Airport because the People’s Protection Unit (YPG), who ex-marine Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was fighting alongside, has a large base in Manchester Airport.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield was stopped from joining Kurdish forces last October when Mr Scurfield was still a serving the ex-marine .
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield was stopped from joining Kurdish forces last October when he was still a serving Royal Marinelast October a serving Royal Marine.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield had been training with the U.S. Marines in California when Mr Scurfield made email contact with a Kurdish group and arranged to travel to the frontline.
article_snippet: But Mr 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 has been described as a 'one-man army' who was 'very angry about the Middle East'.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield is believed to have flown to the region after becoming horrified by the atrocities carried out by ISIS and Mr Scurfield fellow fighters said Mr Scurfield was the first to volunteer for ambushes and assaults.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield family were under the impression that Mr Scurfield had left Britain in November last year to provide 'medical and humanitarian support' as an expert in battlefield medicine.
article_snippet: Earlier this week, Mr Scurfield's mother told a reception in Parliament: 'Let's stop standing by and let's instead think creatively about grinding down and putting out the biggest threat to the world since the Nazis. '
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield's urged governments and media across the world to 'shine a spotlight' on ISIS and to name and shame all organisations and states supporting governments and media across the world in any way.