I feel sorry for his family, but in reading a news account of this mission, you got to wonder... what exactly is a new recruit (his first deployment) British soldier going to teach Africans about tracking and bushcraft? Infantry tactics, maybe, but that’s better done by a long service NCO than a new private...

This was Prince Harry’s project.

Sorry to hear RIP

Very sorry to hear of this. It makes me want to know the circumstances. Provoked or not?
I suspect there was poor judgement on somebodies part and that this was avoidable.

So sad. So young.

Rest In Peace.

This is all part of their army's continuation training, and is designed to train their guys up for operations in Africa as much as it is do anti-poaching or whatever. Great idea. The British, the US, the Russians, the French all do something similar in Africa. Perhaps this could have been because of poor orientation before he was deployed into the bush, or, perhaps, it was just his day. I've been charged by an elephant once on foot (vehicles don't count ) and I was lucky to have enough of a heads-up and enough space to lose her in some jesse. It can happen to anyone in the bush.

Condolences to his family.

We have been charged by elephants on foot many times.

I just make sure I am not the slowest one around!

Our local news just reported that they were in close proximity to a herd in long grass and one or more of the herd sensed their presence and charged at close range in thick cover.

Tragic, work in defence of the scurge of wildlife.