The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was shot on Friday.[break]
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Mackenzie said in a release he was ‘fatally wounded in an insurgent attack while on a foot patrol to disrupt insurgent activity’.
British military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 now stand at 397.
Gurung, 26, was born in Majthana, Nepal. He joined the Brigade of Gurkhas on 18 December 2004 at British Gurkhas, Pokhara, Nepal.
He served three times in Afghanistan during his military career.
On the afternoon of 27 January, Gurung´s patrol came under small arms fire and he was fatally wounded.
He leaves behind his wife Manisha, father Gum Bahadur, mother Lekh Maya, his brother Buddha and sister Junu.
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