article_snippet: Shortly after his death, Mr Scurfield's father Chris and uncle travelled out to Syria to try and repatriate He body.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield's body was taken to the Syrian-Iraqi border by car before being handed over to Mr Scurfield's family .
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield's was stopped from joining Kurdish forces last October when Mr Scurfield's was still a serving Royal Marine.
article_snippet: Mr Scurfield's had been training with the U.S. Marines in California when Mr Scurfield's made email contact with a Kurdish group and arranged to travel to the frontline.
article_snippet: But Mr Scurfield's 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's one-way ticket rang
article_snippet: ‘alarm bells’, officials said, and Mr Scurfield's luggage, phone and laptop were examined.
article_snippet: ‘The body of British YPG fighter Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, is on the way back to UK.
article_snippet: Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was transported to Semalka Gate at the Syria-Iraq border ahead of yesterday's ceremony .