British Soldiers In Vegas: "That Is Gunfire, We Need To Help!"

Forces News has spoken to three of the off-duty soldiers from the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards who rushed towards the scene of the Las Vegas mass shooting to give life-saving aid to casualties.

Members of the unit were taking a break in the city after completing a training deployment in the Nevada desert.

Speaking to Forces News presenter Kate Gerbeau, Trooper Chris May described how the events unfolded and why he and his colleagues tried to help.

"We heard gunshots and we knew what injuries we were expecting"

It has also been revealed that one of the soldiers broke off from his birthday celebrations to aid the injured.

Trooper Stuart Finlay was celebrating his 25th birthday over the weekend, his father revealed.

But the celebrations were interrupted by tragedy when a concert was attacked by gunman Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 and injured a further 527.

The father of one left the meal he was having with friends near the Nevada strip and encountered the bloodbath, at which point he and two other soldiers rushed to help.

The trio, made up of Finlay, 24-year-old Trooper Ross Woodward, and Trooper May spoke to Forces News from Vegas:

Paddock had been firing from the 32nd floor of a hotel near the city’s world famous neon-lit Strip, at night, at a range of 500 yards with an arsenal of high-velocity semi-automatic weapons modified to shoot rapidly.

The killings are the largest mass shooting in modern US history.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed the troopers, who are trained to treat battlefield wounds, provided first aid and medical assistance to victims until the emergency services arrived.

The soldiers have also been praised by Prime Minister Theresa May, who thanked them for their heroic efforts.

The Welsh Cavalry regiment had been training in California prior to the attack.

The group will now return to their camp in California before flying to the UK.