Dr Isa Abdur Rahman died on Wednesday

A British doctor from Willesden who left his position at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead to treat injured civilians in Syria, has died.

The makeshift hospital, where Dr Isa Abdur Rahman was volunteering with the British charity Hand in Hand for Syria (HIHS), was shelled on Wednesday - and he died shortly afterwards.

The 26-year-old, who was believed to be living in the Dollis Hill area of Willesden, had put his medical career on hold to travel to the embattled Syrian city of Idlib, in the north west of the country.

Faddy Sahloul, chairman of HIHS, paid tribute to him, describing him as “one of the bravest and most dedicated people I have met”.

Mr Sahloul said: “I was very close to Dr Isa, a shy young man whom I first met two years ago.

“We spent a significant amount of time working together in Turkey and Syria, and he was one of the bravest and most dedicated people I have met.

“Everyone who knew him is shocked and saddened to hear the tragic news of his death, but we can draw comfort from the fact that he died doing work that he loved.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and family at this difficult time.”

Two other civilians are thought to have died and two people were wounded in the attack on Wednesday.

A Just Giving donation page set up by HIHS following his death has already raised more than £25,000.

On Dr Abdur Rahman’s Just Giving page, he was described as “inspirational” and “deeply-caring”.

The message read: “Those who knew him personally, and those who have heard of him, will know what an amazing, inspirational, kind and deeply-caring person he was.

“It is quite hard to even begin describing what an amazing person he was, and all of us are still in shock.”