Irish Wedding News
27/11/2012
As they were not married, Emma Hickman, 19, had trouble getting Private Daniel Wade's name on the birth certificate of their daughter Lexie-Mai.
Pte Wade, 20, was killed died in a bomb blast attack on 6 March in southern Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence released his DNA which was matched to Lexie-Mai.
Now that his name is on the birth certificate she is eligible for compensation.
Miss Hickman told the BBC: "It has never ever been about the money; it is about Lexie-Mai's right to know who her father is.
"Dan was so looking forward to being a daddy. He used to carry her scan picture with him under his body armour when he went out on patrol.
"He helped me choose her name and was so proud he was going to be a father."
Miss Hickman's solicitor Jennifer Roulston commented: "It is appalling that Emma's trauma at losing her fiance just before the birth of her daughter should be compounded by this legal wrangle to establish her fiance's paternity."
MP David Mowat, who represents Warrington South, and supported Miss Hackman, called for ministers to consider "asking the Army to routinely hold DNA samples for those on active duty, in the same way they do in France and America".
(GK)
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Fiancee Of Murdered Solider Wins Paternity Battle
A woman has proven her fiance fathered their daughter before his death in Afghanistan.As they were not married, Emma Hickman, 19, had trouble getting Private Daniel Wade's name on the birth certificate of their daughter Lexie-Mai.
Pte Wade, 20, was killed died in a bomb blast attack on 6 March in southern Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence released his DNA which was matched to Lexie-Mai.
Now that his name is on the birth certificate she is eligible for compensation.
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Miss Hickman told the BBC: "It has never ever been about the money; it is about Lexie-Mai's right to know who her father is.
"Dan was so looking forward to being a daddy. He used to carry her scan picture with him under his body armour when he went out on patrol.
"He helped me choose her name and was so proud he was going to be a father."
Miss Hickman's solicitor Jennifer Roulston commented: "It is appalling that Emma's trauma at losing her fiance just before the birth of her daughter should be compounded by this legal wrangle to establish her fiance's paternity."
MP David Mowat, who represents Warrington South, and supported Miss Hackman, called for ministers to consider "asking the Army to routinely hold DNA samples for those on active duty, in the same way they do in France and America".
(GK)
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