Welsh Guards Blast Victim Officer 'Took Exposed Spot On Patrol to Inspire'
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A COMMANDING officer killed in hostile terrain in Afghanistan insisted on travelling in an exposed position in the lead vehicle of a routine patrol to inspire his men, an inquest heard yesterday.
Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior Army officer to be killed since the Falklands War, suffered fatal injuries when his Viking armoured vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device (IED).See the full content of this document
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Welsh Guards Blast Victim Officer 'Took Exposed Spot On Patrol to Inspire'
Trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, from Plymouth, also ...
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