Gordon Gentle was killed in Iraq in June last year

Fusilier Gentle, from Pollok in Glasgow, was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Basra in June 2004.

There have been claims that the vehicle in which the soldier was travelling was not fitted with technology designed to neutralise roadside bombs.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said no decision on any action had been taken.

A report from an Army Board of Inquiry is understood to have been passed to the independent Army Prosecuting Authority in the last few weeks.

'No idea'

An MoD spokesman said: "The Army Prosecuting Authority are currently considering whether disciplinary action should be taken against anyone in connection with Fusilier Gentle's tragic death.

"But until they have come to their conclusions, all information relating to their investigations must remain sub judice."

The spokesman said that the soldier's mother had been informed that prosecution was being considered.

However, he added that the only people who killed Fusilier Gentle were the terrorists who planted the bomb.

The soldier's mother, Rose Gentle, has become a leading campaigner against the war in Iraq since her son's death.

She said that the blast which killed her son was triggered remotely and the attack could have been prevented if his vehicle had been fitted with the right equipment.

Mrs Gentle said she had "no idea" what stage the investigation had reached.

She added: "This (report) has come out of the blue, I know nothing about it.