Michael Yon, who took this picture of Matthew Hatton is a former Green Beret who works as a freelance photojournalist.

He has been working in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2004.

He paid his own tribute to Matthew and said that he had actually been due to go out with Matthew’s patrol on the day he died but commitments meant he was unable to.

Michael said: “I was very sad when Matthew was killed.

“The soldiers had asked me to go on the mission, but I was busy finishing a dispatch. I had been out with Matthew’s crew on several occasions and they are a remarkable bunch of men. Matthew was well respected. The missions all were extremely dangerous yet Matt kept going time after time.”