March soldier died on should not have gone ahead, inquest told

Expert tells hearing into death of Cpl Joshua Hoole equipment to measure heat was unreliable. An army training march on a hot summer’s day in which a soldier collapsed and died should not have gone ahead, a heat expert has told an inquest. The expert said a key piece of equipment used in the military to assess heat during exercise was “erroneously” placed in the shade of a building and its readings could not be relied on. Cpl Joshua Hoole, 26, collapsed during an annual fitness