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Article: Town pays tribute to five soldiers killed in a week; Veteran calls for withdrawal from Afghanistan.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2008
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Byline: Brian Farmer
THE centre of a garrison town came to a standstill yesterday in tribute to five soldiers killed in Afghanistan during the past week.
The deaths - including two on Thursday - have rocked the regiment's town of Colchester in Essex, with the town's MP Bob Russell describing the latest losses as "absolutely devastating".
The latest two soldiers to be killed were last night named as Lance Corporal James Bateman from Staines, Middlesex, and Private Sean Doherty from Warwickshire, both from 8 Platoon of C (Bruneval) Company, 2nd Battalion the Parachute ...
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