Month: September 2012

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German rocket lands in Medway

By Sharon Black

At the height of the Second World War the German High Command would have been delighted to land a V2 rocket in the heart of Medway’s military estate, but this week the delight was all Medway’s as it welcomed this extremely rare and valuable piece of world history.

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Life on Patrol

By Sharon Black

Soldiers from the King’s Royal Hussars explain to Ian Carr what’s all in a day’s work out on patrol.

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Guardsman Karl Whittle killed in Afghanistan

By Sharon Black

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Guardsman Karl Whittle of The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 7 September 2012 having sustained gunshot wounds when his checkpoint was attacked by insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province on 14 August 2012.