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Post by Frenchie on Aug 22, 2009 9:42:50 GMT 1
A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan was helping a comrade who had been caught in an earlier blast. Sjt Paul McAleese, 29, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, went to the aid of Pte Jonathon Young, 18, from Hull, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. Sjt McAleese, born in Hereford, was then killed in the second explosion while on patrol in Helmand on Thursday. He is the son of John McAleese, who led the raid that ended the siege on the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980.The servicemen were killed on the day Afghan voters went to the polls. Sjt McAleese leaves a widow, Jo, and a son, Charley, who was born a week before he was deployed to Afghanistan. More >>Attachments:
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