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    GRAVEWATCH

    There I was cleaning a soldiers grave from 2 PARA in Bedford Cemetery on Monday with good old Fungitrol, who was killed on the 27th August 1979 at Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland by the IRA, and found this very interesting stone and dug out the story of his demise on my return.
    27/8/1979 was the same day 16 x 2 PARA lads died, ironically, the same day the IRA killed Lord Louis Mountbatten on his boat Shadow V off Sligo Coast near his home of Classibawn Castle.

    Some may find the story of Sgt Gibbs interesting when you consider how long the Britishicon Soldier has spent on Irelands turf north and south in the name of the Crown!!!
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    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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