Samuel Newey's family say volunteers fighting overseas should be offered support when they return.
By Giles Latcham & Susie RackThe mother of a volunteer killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces hopes to establish a fund to pay for counselling for British volunteers.Vikki Downes said everyone fighting overseas should be offered support.
"Whether we agree with the fact that they went in the first place, they're traumatised and they need help," she said.Mum Vikki Downes said she was "could not be prouder" of her son's final actions in the afflicted countryhad been in the country for over a year when he diedMs Downes, a nurse from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, said she took pride and comfort in her son's final actions.
"Sam waited for all of his unit to be safe. But he also rescued [Ukrainian] prisoners so he set people free and then was hit by artillery," she said.Brother Dan Newey, 31, said he had fought side by side with Samuel in Ukraine.Image caption,The family has raised more than £25k through crowdfunding to pay for the repatriation of Samuel's body and a funeral.She said: "There are ex-military volunteering who will get help when they get home.
Dan, who previously fought against the Islamic State group in Syria, said "13 or 14" friends had taken their lives after returning from war zones.In 2020, Samuel and his father were chargedBoth denied the charges, which were eventually dropped and no further action taken.Follow BBC West Midlands on
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