Marine Warren - one of the bravest of the brave

Tributes are flowing in for Lancashire-born Royal Marine Paul Warren who died following an explosion in Afghanistan on Monday.

Marine Warren was 23 and serving with Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines . He had signed up in May 2006.

His Commanding Officer, Major Ed Moorhouse, said: "Marine Paul Warren was something special in Charlie Company, and that is an accolade I use sparingly in the close knit band of brothers that we are, where all excel in doing their duty in the most challenging of environments in Sangin.

"In singling out Marine Paul Warren, this accolade rightly describes a man who volunteered and acted as Point Man for every patrol which his Section undertook in Sangin; in my eyes these men, ‘on point’, are the bravest of the brave."

Another Marine from the same unit died yesterday in an exchange of gunfire with insurgents and is likely to be publicly named later today.