Mother wins battle with MoD to prove dead soldier fathered her
daughter  A YOUNG mother has won her fight to prove her fiancé
fathered their daughter before he was killed in Afghanistan.
Pte Wade, of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, died in a
Taleban bomb attack in March, three months before his daughter’s
birth.  Because he and Miss Hickman were unmarried, she had to
press the Ministry of Defence to release his DNA so she could
prove paternity and name him on the birth certificate.  Prime
Minister David Cameron last month pledged to tackle the
“dreadful situation”, saying it “could not be allowed to
continue”.  Officials have now released a sample proving Pte
Wade was the father and his family is now eligible for
compensation.     Back to the top of the page