title: Konstandinos Erik Scurfield
text: # Konstandinos Erik Scurfield
  
  Konstandinos Erik "Kosta" Scurfield was a former British Royal Marine who, in December 2014, left for Syria and joined the Kurdish YPG, a militia fighting against the Islamic State. Scurfield, who was known by the Kurdish nom de guerre Sehid Kemal, was killed on 2 March 2015, at the age of 25. He was the first British citizen to be killed in the conflict.
  
  