An inquest will take place today into the death of a soldier who was killed after being hit by a train.

Toby Crundwell, 25, from Groombridge, East Sussex, was struck by the train at Ashurst station in Kent in April last year.

Mr Crundwell is believed to have served in Iraq a year earlier and was weeks away from graduating from university when he died.

The inquest will take place at Tunbridge Wells police station from 11.15am.