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Article: Army's angel of the north; AFGHAN WAR: Dad and hubby mourn first female death.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2008
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Byline: By Kim Pilling
THE words of Winston Churchill were evoked today by the father of the first Britishwoman to be killed serving in Afghanistan.
Des Feely said nothing much had changed since the days of the famous speech made by the wartime prime minister, as he paid tribute to his daughter Sarah Bryant.
Speaking at his home in the Cumbrian countryside, he said: "There are so many people both in the military and locally where she grew up that are not only going to be touched by this but also devastated at the loss of such a beautiful girl.
"Nothing much seems to have changed since the days of Churchill's famous speech. Never have so many owed so much to so ...