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  • British Soldiers to honour fallen comrades

    04/26/2003 9:25:02 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 6 replies · 263+ views
    icNewcastle ^ | April 26 2003
    The 31 British soldiers killed in Iraq are to be honoured by their comrades at a special service in the Gulf. Hundreds of troops are expected to attend the memorial service at a British military base near Basra on Sunday. It will be the first time soldiers still serving in Iraq will have gathered to pay tribute to those killed in the war. The service was the idea of Staff Sergeant John Landy, who was moved when he read about the wife of a Royal Marine who gave birth to their second child 12 days after her husband was killed...