<p><br /> The 300th member of British forces to die in the Afghan war will be named today.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Royal Marine, from 40 Commando, died from his wounds in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Sunday morning with his family by his side.<br /> </p><p><br /> He was injured in a blast in the Sangin district of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan eight days earlier, the Ministry of Defence said.<br /> </p><p><br /> Major Renny Bulmer, spokesman for 40 Commando, based in Taunton, Somerset, said: "Our thoughts are with his immediate family who were with him at the hospital. His courage and sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will remember him."<br /> </p><p><br /> He was the 55th UK fatality this year and the seventh member of 40 Commando killed since the Royal Marines took command of the notoriously violent Sangin area in April.<br /> </p><p><br /> Prime Minister David Cameron led tributes to the sacrifices made by the 300 British servicemen and women who have died since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001.<br /> </p>
