article_snippet: The body of an ex-Royal Marine who was the first Briton to be killed while fighting against ISIS has been returned to Mr Scurfield's father family in a special ceremony attended by hundreds of Syrian Kurds.
article_snippet: His coffin, which was draped in both the Kurdish flag and the Union Jack, was handed over to His father and uncle in a special ceremony on the Syria-Iraq border  yesterday.
article_snippet: He family, who live in a detached former farmhouse in Royston, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, were devastated to hear of his death.
article_snippet: His family, who live in a detached former farmhouse in Royston, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire were under the impression that He had left Britain in November last year to provide 'medical and humanitarian support' as an expert in battlefield medicine.
article_snippet: It is not known when his body will be returned to Mr Scurfield's hometown in South Yorkshire and the Foreign Office has been unable to confirm .
article_snippet: It is believed that it will be some time before the fighter's body is repatriated to UK, due to paperwork, and the Foreign Office refused to comment on the matter.
article_snippet: their relatives body will now be taken to Iraq before being repatriated to UK .
article_snippet: Last month, a 19-year-old serving British soldier was returned to a 19-year-old serving British soldier unit after joining the Kurdish peshmerga.
highlights_snippet: Former Royal Marine father Chris and uncle collected His father Chris and uncle body in special ceremony in Syria .
  