Ex-Sandhurst trainee revealed to be the first British woman fighting against ISIS in Syria and she admits she is ready to die fighting jihadists
Kimmie Taylor, 27, has been fighting alongside a Kurdish women's unit to re-take terror capital Raqqa
A FORMER Sandhurst trainee has become the first Brit woman to fight against ISIS.
Kimmie Taylor has taken up arms to battle the Islamist group alongside fighters in the Kurdish Peshmerga.
The 27-year-old from Liverpool is one of 20 Brits known to be fighting alongside the Kurds.
But Blackburn-born Kimmie, who is on the frontline in the battle to push ISIS out of de facto capital Raqqa, is the first woman.
In a Facebook post today, she wrote: "Wake up call this morning at 4am when ISIS attacked our base.
"We put up an incredible fight for three hours. Just two friends slightly injured.
"I'm so proud to call these people my comrades. We fight with unconditional resistance.
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"I won't go into details about the attack because it super gory."
She told : “I’m willing to give my life for this.
“It’s for the whole world, for humanity and all oppressed people, everywhere.
“It’s not just [Isis’s] killing and raping. It’s its systematic mental and physical torture on a scale we can’t imagine.”
No stranger to weapons, Kimmie trained at Sandhurst as a youngster.
But fighting was not what attracted her to the war-scarred city of Rojava in Syria 18 months ago.
At first she planned to work as a freelance writer documenting the struggles of the embattled Kurds.
But as she grew to know them and saw the daily horrors they suffered she became more involved with the all-female YPJ fighting unit.
Taylor is on the frontline of the operation to drive ISIS out of their capital Raqqa where it is believed thousands of Yazidi women are held as sex slaves.
In an interview with a Kurdish news agency, Taylor said her parents in Britain supported her decision.
She said: “I called my father and talked to him. He was very happy!”
Kimmie travelled back the UK for three months, but returned to Syria 11 months ago and has remained there since.
Recently British fighter Ryan Lock committed suicide after being surrounded by ISIS fighters
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