A British man killed fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) filmed a video before his death where he apologised to his family for not telling them he was going to Syria.

Luke Rutter, 22, was killed last week during the battle to drive Isil fighters from Raqqa, their self-declared capital in northern Syria. He is the fourth Briton to die fighting with the Kurds.

Mr Rutter, who was from Birkenhead in Merseyside, joined the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in March but reportedly told his family that the was volunteering for the French Foreign Legion.

In a video recorded before his death, he apologised for the deception.