Archive for June 22nd, 2009

Soldiers hit funds target

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Campaigners have raised £30,000 to support families of soldiers injured and killed in battle.

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment – many from the county – spent a year raising the money through wristbands.

The news was welcomed by the father of Private Adam Morris, who was killed three years ago, aged 19, in a roadside blast near Basra, Iraq.

Nigel Morris, said: “It’s an excellent idea and it’s so nice that they have reached their target.

“There will be lots of families like ours who are down on their luck and this could help keep them going.”

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