A 27-year-old trainee military diver died in a diving accident during the final week of his Army Diver course at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC) in Gloucestershire at the end of March.
L/Cpl George Partridge, whose wife is expecting their first child, was at the popular inland dive site on 26 March when the incident occurred.
He was based with 26 Engineer Regiment in Wiltshire, had been deployed to Afghanistan and served in Canada, and had held a long-standing ambition to be an Army diver.
His commanding officer Lt Col Simon Doyle described him as ‘quietly determined, hard-working and immensely popular’, saying ‘Lance Corporal George Partridge was an exemplary soldier. Humble but hugely capable, he was always ready to lend a helping hand’.
The Military of Defence has said it is investigating how the ‘tragic diving accident’ happened.
Photographs courtesy of MoD / Main image from National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC) Facebook page.
