News Digest Archive 2009
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DECEMBER 2009
>> Soldier completes Hadrian's Wall challenge- 30 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> Rifleman Aidan Howell of 3 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan - 29 Dec 09 (MoD News)
>> Inspirational Taunton soldier is back for Christmas - 24 Dec 09 (Somerset County Gazette)
>> Lance Corporal Christopher Roney 3 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan - 23 Dec 09 (MoD News)
Afghanistan soldiers send messages home - 22 Dec 09 (Chronicle Live)
>> Soldier's mum helps heroes - 21 Dec 09 (South Yorkshire Star)
>> Taliban have the initiative, British general admits - 21 Dec 09 (Telegraph)
>> Mirror appeal brings an early Christmas for British troops - 19 Dec 09 (The Mirror)
>> Troops in Helmand Province get support of college students - 18 Dec 09 (Yeovil Express)
>> Festive messages from front line - 18 Dec 09 (Jarrow and Hepburn Gazette)
>> Exeter soldier back from Afghanistan - 18 Dec 09 (This is Exeter)
>> They gave their lives to save 1,000 - 18 Dec 09 (The Sun)
>> Mother's tribute to soldier killed in Afghanistan - 18 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> British troops died thwarting Taliban suicide bombers at packed market - 17 Dec 09 (Guardian)
>> British soldiers 'died averting Afghan market bombing' - 17 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> British soldiers died halting suicide bombers - 17 Dec 09 (Times Online)
>> Lance Corporal David Leslie Kirkness and Rifleman James Stephen Brown killed in Afghanistan - 17 Dec 09 (MoD News)
>> Exeter soldier awarded MBE - 17 Dec 09 (This is Exeter)
>> New patrol bases push back Taliban - 16 Dec 09 (MoD News)
>> Sun Military Award Winners 2009 - 16 Dec 09 (MoD News)
>> Rifleman honoured by the Prime Minister and Princes - 16 Dec 09 (Enfield Independent)
>> Camilla presents Elizabeth Cross to Daniel Hume's parents - 16 Dec 09 (Maidenhead Advertiser)
>> St Austell boosts soldiers with beer donation - 16 Dec 09 (The Publican)
>> Duchess of Cornwall visits Bulford- 15 Dec 09 (Salisbury Journal)
>> Band of Mothers and RIFLES at the Sun Millies - 15 ec 09 (The Sun)
>> Hereford army supporter nominated as nation's mum of the year - 15 Dec 09 (Hereford Times)
>> Camilla praises British soldiers as she presents troops with medals - 15 Dec 09 (The Mirror)
>> Baby, Daddy's Home - 15 Dec 09 (The Sun)
>> Heroes Home for Yuletide Romp - 14 Dec 09 (Guernsey News)
>> Duchess praises 'unswerving courage' of British troops - 14 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> Who bares wins for soldier's widow - 13 Dec 09 (Wales Online)
>> Blood, bombs and boys' talk - 13 Dec 09 (Times Online)
>> Song for lovelorn servicemen released in aid of Help for Heroes - 12 Dec 09 ( Daily Telegraph)
>> Band and Bugles of The Rifles record charity tribute - 12 Dec 09 (BBC News)
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>> 3 RIFLES on patrol in Helmand - 10 Dec 09 (youtube video)
>> Salisbury welcomes 4 RIFLES from gruelling Afghan tour - 9 Dec 09 (MoD News)
>> Hundreds pay respects to former Dorchester Schoolboy - 9 Dec 09 (Dorset Echo)
>> Day of tears as two fallen soldiers are buried and 100th Afghanistan fatality is named - 9 Dec 09 (Daily Record)
>> Hundreds say farewell to hero - 8 Dec 09 (The Sun)
>> Funeral of Rifleman Phil Allen takes place in Wimborne - 8 Dec 09 (Bournemouth Echo)
>> Afghanistan campaign 'vital' for UK security- 8 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> Mourners attend rifleman funeral - 8 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> Warm welcome in Wiltshire for returning heroes - 7 Dec 09 (This is Wiltshire)
>> Father of dead soldier Christopher Reed has many questions - 8 Dec 09 (The Times)
>> Soldiers march through the city - 7 Dec 09 (Salisbury Journal)
>> Helpers getting fire tragedy family's new home ready - 5 Dec 09 ( This is SouthDevon)
>> Ellie has support for UK troops down to a T - 04 Dec 09 ( The Star)
>> Shoppers help raise over £1,500 for the Help for Heroes charity - 05 Dec 09 (The South Yorkshire Star)
>> Taliban use donkeys to launch bomb attacks on British troops - 03 Dec 09 (Telegraph)
>> Army medic hero who helped save 35 lives has been nominated for national award - 03 Dec 09 (Crosby Herald)
>> Soldiers are honoured during sombre service - 03 Dec 09 (Newsletter)
>> Standing room only at soldier's funeral - 03 Dec 09 (Western Morning News)
>> 'Progress Being Made' In Afghanistan War - 02 Dec 09 (4NI)
>> Event honours Afghanistan brigade - 02 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> Funeral for blast victim soldier - 02 Dec 09 (BBC News)
>> Soldiers receive Military Cross - 01 Dec 09 ( BBC News)
>> Final salute to 'an excellent rifleman' - 01 Dec 09 (Cambridge City News)
>> Mourners Pay Respect at Funeral of Volunteer Soldier - 01 Dec 09 (Daily Express)
>> Arabella Dorman on painting war in Afghanistan (hurriedly) - 01 Dec 09 (Times Online)
NOVEMBER 2009
>> Team hit by hero’s bombing - 30 Nov 09 (The Scottish Sun)
>> Evening News launches Christmas appeal for soldiers in Afghanistan - 30 Nov 09 (Scotsman)
>> A son's walk of courage - 29 Nov 09 (Mirror)
>> Tributes at pair of soldiers’ funerals - 28 Nov 09 (TheSun)
>> Medic becomes first woman in Royal Navy to be awarded the Military Cross after tending to soldier under Taliban fire - 28 Nov 09 (Daily Mail)
>> Funeral tribute to 'family man' - 27 Nov 09 (BBC News)
>> Taunton soldier Stephan still positive despite losing legs in blast - 26 Nov 09
>> Emotional tribute ahead of funeral of North Yorkshire serviceman on Friday - 26 Nov 09 (Northern Echo)
>> War widow's tribute to her 'warrior' husband- 25 Nov 09 (Independent)
>> Christina Schmid: a widow's dignity in grief - 25 Nov 09 (Telegraph)
>> Real trooper Simon - 24 Nov 09 (the Star)
>> Last salute for Army bomb victim - 24 Nov 09 (BBC News)
>> Rifleman Mark Turner back in Afghanistan after injury - 24 Nov 09 (Chronicle Live)
>> Freedom of city for the Rifles Regiment - 24 Nov 09 (Plymouth Herald)
>> 100th day of tears: Wootton Bassett welcomes home soldiers who fell in Afghanistan - 20 Nov 09 (Mail Online)
>> Rifleman Andrew Ian Fentiman of 7 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan - 17 Nov 09 (MOD News)
>> Friends pay tribute to tragic Rifleman Philip Allen - 17 Nov 09 (Daily Echo)
>> Our Boys arrive back in the UK - 17 Nov 09 (The Sun)
>> Army chief speaks of his anguish after son loses both legs in Taliban booby-trap - 16 Nov 09 (Daily Mail)
>> Top soldier tells of his family nightmare - 15 Nov 09 (News of the World)
>> UK soldiers in Afghanistan receive 1,300 additional Javelin guided bunker-buster missiles - 13 Nov 09 (defpro)
>> Afghanistan: A flaw in the rules of engagement - 12 Nov 09 (Long War Journal)
>> 'Religion does not come into it' - 12 Nov 09 (BBC News)
>> Gloucestershire soldier in fight for life - 12 Nov 09 (This is Gloucester)
>> For the fallen - moving tributes for our war heroes - 12 Nov 09 ( Mirror)
>> Croydon crowds gather for Armistice Day ceremony- 11 Nov 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> Rifleman Samuel John Bassett killed in Afghanistan - 10 Nov 09 (MoD News)
>> Rifleman Philip Allen killed in Afghanistan - 09 Nov 09 (MoD News)
>> Former boss in tribute to soldier - 09 Nov 09 (BBC News)
>> Exeter salutes the fallen - 09 Nov 09 (This is Exeter)
>> Rifleman's name added to memorial - 09 Nov 09 (BBC News)
>> ROGUE AFGHAN COPS SHOT AT BRIT FIGHTERS - 09 Nov 09 (Daily Star)
>> Being shot at while trying to disarm a bomb – just another day at work - 8 Nov 09 (guardian)
>> Phillip Scott died clearing explosives in Sangin - 7 Nov 09 (The Northern Echo)
>> Croydon Territorial Army medic tells of her time in Afghanistan- 06 Nov 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> A Coy 4 RIFLES Afghan frontline diary Report 2 - 06 Nov 09 (BBC News)
>> Serjeant Phillip Scott killed in Afghanistan - 06 Nov 09 (MOD News)
>> Cyrus Thatcher is to join list of war heroes - 04 Nov 09 (Get Reading)
>> Hero’s welcome for family’s Guy - 3 Nov 09 (Oxford Mail)
>> Chesham serviceman hailed for Afghanistan role - 3 Nov 09 (Bucks Free Press)
>> Kings’ School cadets win military skills comp - 3 Nov 09 (Daily Echo)
>> Welcome home for Dorset soldiers - 2 Nov 09 (Bournemouth Echo)
>> Bomb expert who saved 'countless lives' killed in Afghanistan- 02 Nov 09 (Telegraph)
>> Soldiers receive heroes’ welcome on return to Liverpool from Afghanistan- 2 Nov 09 (Liverpool Daily Post)
>> They call me the human metal detector Ryan blown up FOUR times- 1 Nov 09 (The People)
>> Army medic tells of heroism in Taliban attack in Afghanistan - 1 Nov 09 (Times Online)
>> Soldiers welcomed home by thousands - 1 Nov 09 (Scotsman)
>> City's song for heroes - 1 Nov 09 (The People)
OCTOBER 2009
>> Army medic tells of heroism in Taliban attack in Afghanistan - 31 Oct 09 (Times Online)
>> Tiger Tiger: 'soldiers are too scruffy' - 31 Oct 09 (Mirror)
>> Mersey soldier returning from Afghanistan with city troops speaks of shooting Taliban bomber- 30 Oct 09 (Liverpool Echo)
>> Soldiers march through Croydon on homecoming tour - 30 Oct 09
>> Fight of our lives - 30 Oct 09 (The Sun)
>> HOME...WITH 13 HEROES TO MOURN - 30 Oct 09 (Daily Express)
>> Return of the Rifles – but 13 of them did not make it - 30 Oct 09 (Independent)
>> Rifles soldiers welcomed home in Croydon- 29 Oct (ITN)
>> 2 RIFLES dedicate Croydon march to fallen soldier - 29 Oct 09 (MoD News)
>> Croydon salutes its Rifles heroes - 29 Oct 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> Injured soldier praises public's support for troops - 29 Oct 09 (Press Association)
>> Donations to fund break through £4,000 mark - 29 Oct 09 (This is South Devon)
>> Bullets too small to beat Taliban - 28 Oct 09 (The Sun)
>> Racecourse lends its support to armed forces - 26 Oct 09 (Newbury Today)
>> Brave 2 Rifles soldiers return to Croydon - 26 Oct 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> Returning troops describe 'fight of their lives' in Afghanistan - 25 Oct 09 (Telegraph)
>> Boy soldier Craig Wood reveals his dreams for recovery- 24 Oct 09 (News of The World)
>> Emotional return for Co Down troops - 24 Oct 09 (UTV)
>> 'Bittersweet return' for soldiers - 24 Oct 09 (BBC News)
>> Killer shot penetrated his helmet - 24 Oct 09 (Mirror)
>> The touching moment Camilla met Afghanistan veteran, 18, who lost three limbs in bomb explosion, and told her: 'I'll walk again' - 23 Oct 09 (The Daily Mail)
>> Duchess visits injured soldiers at Headley Court- 22 Oct 09 (Get Surrey)
>> Duchess meets wounded servicemen- 22 Oct 09 (BBC News)
>> Pledges to help tragic family- 22 Oct 09 (SouthDevon.co.uk)
>> Poppy Appeal’s focus is a fitting tribute to Cyrus Thatcher - 22 Oct 09 (Get Reading)
>> Eight candles, eight heroes - 22 Oct 09 (The Sun)
>> Soldiers and loved one gather to remember fallen Gloucestershire heroes - 21 Oct 09 (Gloucester Citizen)
>> Soldiers remember fallen comrades - 21 Oct 09 (BBC News)
>> British troops face second Afghan ordeal- 19 Oct 09 (The Herald)
>>Emotion runs high as soldiers arrive home- 19 Oct 09 (Belfast Telegraph)
>> Carnage in Wishtan, 'the devil's playground' - 18 Oct 09 (Times Online)
>> Sahara trek in memory of a hero - 17 Oct 09 (Daily Echo)
>> The toughest teenager in town pops in for a paper - 16 Oct 09 (Doncaster Free Press)
>> Soldier back home from Afghanistan - 15 Oct 09 (Weston and Somerset Mercury)
>> Silence as fallen soldiers remembered - 15 Oct 09 (Worcester News)
>> Heroes' welcome after hardest tour in Afghanistan - 15 Oct 09 (Belfast Telegraph)
>> Family's grief over hero son - 15 Oct 09 (Sunderland Echo)
>> Wounded Afghanistan soldier talks of his ordeal- 15 Oct 09 (Eastbourne Herald & Gazette)
>> Service will remember fallen Monmouth soldier - 14 Oct 09 (SouthWales Argus)
>> Britain's success in Afghanistan is measured in small steps - 13 Oct 09 (Times Online)
>> In pictures: Soldiers' Afghanistan - 12 Oct 09 (BBC Somerset)
>> Taliban 'daisy chain' kingpin captured in Afghanistan dawn raid - 11 Oct 09 (Times Online)
>> Soldier helps car crash OAP - 9 Oct 09 (Weston Mercury)
>> Family bids farewell to soldier killed in Helmand - 9 Oct 09 (Belfast Telegraph)
>> Funeral takes place of Afghan soldier - 9 Oct 09 ( UKTV)
>> Afghan frontline diary: Day one - 8 Oct 09 (BBC News)
>> Castleford mum wants to help pals of war hero son- 8 Oct 09 (Yorkshire Evening Post)
>> Army comrades to honour fallen Rifles soldier in Croydon town march - 6 Oct 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> Heroic South Oxhey medic honoured for Afghanistan bravery- 05 Oct 09 (Watford Observer)
>> TA IN KAZAKHSTAN: Making friends through music- 05 Oct 09 (Oxford Mail)
>> At least it's us suffering, say bereaved - 4 Oct 09 (Times Online)
>> Surprise break for Rifleman Timothy - 4 Oct 09 ( Morely Advertiser)
>> A month in Helmand: the soldiers' stories - 3 Oct 09 (Times Online)
>> Eastbourne man will fight Taliban for his injured brother - 3 Oct 09 (The Argus)
>> Part-time troops go on exercise with former Soviet state soldiers - 02 Oct 09 (Oxford Mail)
>> Home bid for soldier who lost three limbs - 2 Oct 09 (South Yorkshire Star)
>> Dorset Treats for Troops campaign is a lifeline say soldiers - 1 Oct 09 (Dorest Echo)
>> Yobs abuse Afghanistan war hero Matthew Weston... for having no legs- 1 Oct 09 (Daily Mirror)
>> Tough challenge set by military charity- 1 Oct 09 (Slough Observer)
>> Brave Lee signs up after brother - 1 Oct 09 (The Sun)
SEPTEMBER 2009
>> I will be brave for hero son - 30 Sep 09 (Eastbourne Herald and Gazette)
>> Future of base 'hangs in balance' - 30 Sep 09 (BBC News)
>> Abingdon troops return from Afghanistan - 29 Sep 09 (Oxford Mail)
>> Comrades of fallen soldier to march through Croydon in his memory- 28 Sep 09 (Croydon Today)
>> The War Widow - 26 Sep 09 (Morning Express)
>> Tributes to a soldier as body is returned to Britain - 24 Sep 09 (Telegraph)
>> Hero Brit's body returned home - 24 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Weary troops are fighting a losing battle not a lost cause - 23 Sep 09 (Times Online)
>> Flesh-eating bug nearly killed me - 23 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Family and friends remember Epsom soldier killed in Iraq - 22 Sep 09 (Surrey Comet)
>> Germans cheer our Brit heroes - 21 Sep 09 ( The Sun)
>> SAS hero slams Govt on troops carnage - 19 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Fallen heroes remembered - 18 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Three soldiers killed on one of Afghanistan's bloodiest days: inquest - 18 Sep 09 (telegraph.co.uk)
>> Time warning for Afghanistan troops - 18 Sep 09 (ITN)
>> The Final Word - 18 Sep 09 (Sky News)
>> Acting Serjeant Stuart McGrath killed following incident in Afghanistan - 17 Sep 09 ( MOD News)
>> 'Paul is dead because PM lets down our troops' - 16 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Band Of Mothers - 16 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Afghanistan group supports forces' families - 15 Sep 09 (Channel 4 )
>> Thousands mourn SAS legend's hero son - 15 Sep 09 (The Sun)
>> Widow of soldier killed in Afghanistan pays tribute at funeral - 15 Sep (Daily Telegraph)
>> Goodbye Daddy, we're so proud of you: Widow and baby son of hero soldier Paul McAleese lead mourners at his funeral - 15 Sep 09 (Daily Mail)
>> Hero soldiers awarded Military Cross for 'fearless bravery' - 12 Sep 09 (This is Bristol)
>> Top award for life-saving soldier - 11 Sept 09 (BBC News)
>> The story of Mark Hale killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan - 11 Sep 09 (Daily Echo)
>> Cullompton rugby match remembers Daniel - 7 Sep 09 (this is Exeter)
>> Couple take plunge for soldiers' charity- 03 Sep 09 (Pontefract and Castleford Express)
>> Army medic Sally Clarke treated comrades while injured- 02 Sep 09 (Telegraph.co.uk)
>> The war store - 01 Sep 09 (The Sun)
AUGUST 2009
>> Precison Voting- 31 Aug 09 (michaelyon online)
>> We are not in Afghanistan to beat the Taliban - 30 Aug 09 (this is plymouth)
>> UK troops blow up damaged helicopter in Afghanistan - 30 Aug 09 (guardian uk)
>> HMS Gloucester begins Monday a two-week visit to Chile - 29 Aug 09 (Merco Press)
>> British soldiers clear Helmand roads of IEDs - 26 Aug 09 (Defpro News)
>> Bad Medicine Michael Yon blog report - 23 Aug 09 (Michael Yon online)
>> A hero like his SAS dad - 22 Aug 09 (The Sun)
>> British soldier killed in Helmand was son of SAS hero John McAleese - 22 Aug 09 (Times Online)
>> Serjeant Paul McAleese and Private Johnathon Young killed in Afghanistan - 21 Aug 09 (MoD News)
>> Daniel Wild's death changed their view of the war in Afghanistan, say his family - 20 Aug 09 (The Northern Echo)
>> Crowds gather to honour soldiers- 18 Aug 09 (BBC News)
>> Family awaits fallen soldier - 17 Aug 09 (Fiji Times)
>> Captain Mark Hale, Lance Bombardier Matthew Hatton and Rifleman Daniel Wild killed in Afghanistan- 14 Aug 09 (MoD News)
>> Route of Harry Patch funeral cortege released - 04 Aug 09 (This is Somerset)
>> VIDEO: Iraq heroes in freedom march through Leeds - 03 Aug 09 (Yorkshire Evening Post)
>> Hundreds welcome home Iraq soldiers - 03 Aug 09 (Halifax Courier)
>> Queues to pay respects to Harry - 03 Aug 09 (the Sun)
>> Proud soldiers sport white roses for Yorkshire Day parade in city - 02 Aug 09 (Yorkshire Post)
>> Think tank: the empire has a lesson on beating the Taliban - 02 Aug 09 (Times Online)
>> Youngest hero soldier laid to rest - 01 Aug 09 (Daily Mirror)
JULY 2009
>> The heirs of Harry Patch are fighting in the fields of Helmand - 31 Jul 9 (Telegraph)
>> Funeral for 18-year-old rifleman - 31 Jul 09 (BBC News)
>> Hero squaddie laid to rest - 30 Jul (The Sun)
>> Wife's tears for war hero - 30 Jul 09 (The Star)
>> Little steps from girl with big heart - 30 Jul 09 (Barking and Dagenham Post)
>> Dad of two hero is laid to rest - 29 Jul 09 (The Sun)
>> Tributes paid at funeral of 'a model soldier' - 28 Jul 09 (Belfast Telegraph)
>> Sibling riflery - 27 Jul 09( Plymouth Herald)
>> Don't let him die in vain - 26 Jul 09 (Daily Express)
>> Government to cut wounded soldiers' awards - 26 Jul 09 (Times Online )
>> I need a helicopter...I think I've lost my leg: The soaring number of soldiers maimed in Afghanistan - 25 Jul 09 (Daily Mail)Yorkshire Post
>> Satcoms for soldiers by Michael Yon - 25 July 09 (Big Hollywood)
>> Afghanistan: the cost-benefit analysis - 24 Jul 09 (guardian.co.uk)
>> Borough honour for our soldiers - 24 Jul 09 (Shropshire Star)
>> Next stop Helmand: On manoeuvres with the British Army - 23 Jul 09 ( Independent)
>> Helmand: The more troops you use, the less you lose - 22 Jul 09 (Daily Telegraph)
>> Hero's daughter opens HQ - 22 July (Oxford Times)
>> Harry Parker, son of British general, loses leg in Taleban blast - 22 July 09 (Times Online)
>> Cyrus' final letter - 22 Jul 09 (BBC News)
>> Liverpool soldiers brave Taliban ambush in Afghanistan to rescue Merseyside comrade - 21 Jul 09 (Liverpool Express and Echo)
>> Operation Panther's Claw: how British troops are hunting the Taliban to the end - 19 July 09 (Telegraph Online)
>> Corporal Danger dodges Taliban fire to save wounded comrade - 19 Jul 09 (Telegraph Online)
>> Friend's tribute to dead Croydon soldier killed in Afghanistan - 15 Jul 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> Walsall mourns heroic soldier - 16 July 09 (Walsall Online)
>> Hundreds wait to pay tribute to fallen soldiers - 15 July 09 (Oxford Mail)
>> A hush fell... then we applauded fallen soldiers - 15 Jul 09 (Swindon Advertiser)
>> Mourners in their thousands weep for the returning dead - 15 Jul 09 (Independent)
>> Crowds line streets as bodies of eight soldiers arrive home from Afghanistan - 15 Jul 09 (Times Online)
>> Eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan: thousands pay respects in Wootton Bassett - 15 July 09 (Telegraph Online)
>> Thousands pay respects to soldiers killed in Afghanistan - 15 July 09 (AFP)
>> They stood up for what was right - 15 Jul 09 (The Sun)
>> Salute for our fallen heroes - 15 Jul 09 (TheSun)
>> Hundreds pay respects to dead soldiers - 15 July 09 (ITN)
>> MB News: UK Pro Mountain Biker killed in Afghanistan - 14 Jul 09 (bicycling.com)
>> Thousands line streets to salute eight victims of our darkest day in Afghanistan - 14 Jul 09 (Daily Mail)
>> The heroes and the backlash: Riflemen were caught in second bomb trap as they tended wounded comrades - 13 Jul 09 (Daily Mail)
>> Blast hero Joseph was big Villa fan - 13 Jul 2009 (expressandstar)
>> A BRAVE teenage Birmingham soldier sacrificed his own life to try to rescue an injured colleague, it emerged today - 13 Jul 09 ( Birmingham Mail )
>> Tributes paid to fallen soldier James Backhouse - 13 Jul 09 ( Pontefract and Castleford Express)
>> Officers tell of dead soldier's bravery - 13 Jul 09 (Evening Courier)
>> Praise for troops who died trying to save others - 13 Jul 09 (Liverpool Echo)
>> Cpl Jonathan Horne, Rfn William Aldridge, Rfn James Backhouse, Rfn Joseph Murphy and Rfn Daniel Simpson of 2 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan - 12 Jul 2009 (MoD News)
>> Killed in Action: Five soldiers with an average age of 20 - 12 Jul 09 (Daily Telegraph)
>> Rifleman Daniel Hume of 4 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan - 11 July 2009 (MoD News)
>> Soldiers hungry for griller warfare - 3 July 09 (lep.co.uk)
>> Southport soldier praised for shooting Taliban fighter who planted bomb - 3 July 09 (Liverpool Echo)
>> TA soldiers will lose Back Badge - 3 July 09 (this is gloucestershire)
JUNE 2009
>> The Rifles honoured in Armed Forces Day celebration -30 Jun 09 (Wilts and Glos Standard)
>>Businesses in Gloucester rally to support the Rifles - 25 Jun 09 (this is gloucestershire)
>> Boys' poignant trip honours hero uncle - 21 June 09 (Oxford Mail)
>> Tears for Cyrus on final journey - 20 Jun 09 (the Sun)
>> Pupils get taste of Army life - 19 Jun 09 ( Oxford Mail)
>> Funeral for 'much loved' soldier - 19 June 09 ( BBC News)
>> Former Kings College student killed in Afghanistan - 22 Jun 09 ( Wimbledon Guardian)
>>HMS Gloucester stops off in Santa Cruz port - 17 Jun 09 (Canary Island News)
>> Musicians re-create wedding - 22 Jun 09 (Salisbury Journal)
>> Family's tribute to their soldier son - 19 Jun 09 ( This is Nottingham)
>> Freeminer beer for troops - 19 Jun 09 (Morning Advertiser)
>> UK soldiers' bodies repatriated - 17 Jun 09 (ITN)
>> 31st British soldier killed in Helmand named as Lieutenant Paul Mervis - 15 Jun 09 (Times Online)
>> Family praise officer killed in Afghanistan 'doing what he loved' - 15 Jun 09 (Evening Standard)
>>'One in a trillion' army officer killed in Afghan roadside blast - 15 Jun 09 (Daily Express)
>> MoD names soldier killed in blast - 14 Jun 09 (ITN)
>> Soldier killed in Afghanistan named by MoD - 14 Jun 09 ( Daily Telegraph)
>> Lieutenant Paul Mervis killed in Afghanistan - 14 Jun (MOD News)
>> Barney rises to the challenge - 13 Jun 09 (Mid Devon Star)
>> Taunton soldiers complete triple challenge - 12 Jun 09 (Somerset Gazette)
>> 'So proud to complete D-Day run' - 12 Jun 09 ( Hartlepool Mail)
>> Last Post for a hero - 12 Jun 09 (Fiji Times)
>> Dead soldier's pal to run 21 races in his memory - 12 Jun 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Armed Forces Day to be celebrated in Aylesbury - 12 Jun 09 (Bucks Herald)
>> Silence descends at the Madejski Stadium for Rfn Cyrus - 10 Jun (Reading Chronicle )
>> Tears for a hero serving with 2 Rilfes: Hundreds mourn Afghan bomb victim Jordan, 22 - 10 June 09 (Yorkshire Post)
>> Family tribute to Cyrus Thatcher - 10 Jun 09 (Get Reading)
>> Afghan election duty for soldier - 09 Jun 09 (The Star)
>> He died "doing what he loved" - 09 Jun 09 ( Henley Standard)
>> NI soldier hurt in Afghan blast - 09 Jun 09 (BBC News)
>> Northern Ireland soldiers crucial for training police in Afghanistan - 06 Jun 09 ( Belfast Telegraph)
>> 'It was absolute carnage': Southfields D-Day veteran describes monumental war effort - 05 Jun 09 ( Elmbridge Guardian)
>> Tributes to teenage solider killed in Afghanistan blast - 05 Jun 09 (The Mirror)
>> British troops warned of summer of fighting against resurgent Taliban - 05 Jun 09 (The Daily Mail)
>> Teenage soldier killed in blast was "one of the best" - 5 Jun 09 (The Express)
>> Generations of courage - 5 Jun 09 (The Sun)
>> Taunton man's cycle for army charity - 5 Jun 09 (thisisthewestcountry.co.uk)
>> Soldiers delight at receiving Dorset 'shoeboxes' - 4 Jun 09 (Dorset Echo)
>> Caversham soldier Cyrus Thatcher killed in Afghanistan - 4 Jun 09 ( Get Reading)
>> Teenage British Soldier Killed In Blast Named - 4 Jun 09 (Sky News)
>> Mission will be a 65-mile trek - 4 June 09 (Hartlepool Mail)
>> British soldier killed in explosion in Afghanistan named - 4 Jun 9 (Telegraph)
>> Truro Freedom for Rifles regiment - 01 Jun 09 ( This is the West country.co.uk)
>> Rifles honoured for sacrifice - 01 Jun 09 (This is Cornwall)
>> Afghanistan Day Zero: Training for war with 2 Rifles - 01 Jun 09 (Streatham Guardian)
MAY 2009
>> Croydon Guardian reporter Harry Miller in Afghanistan - 31 May 09 (Croydon Guardian)
>> Sidford soldier returns from Afghan - 31 May 09 (Sidmouth Herald)
>> Rifles receive freedom of Truro - 31 May 09 ( BBC News)
>> Crowds pay silent tribute to fallen - 30 May 09 (Swindon Advertiser)
>> Hero Soldier Awarded Military Cross - 29 May 09 ( Western Morning News)
>> Baby joy for Tom Gaden's family - 28 May 08 (This is the Westcountry)
>> Military Cross honour for soldier - 28 May 09 (BBC News)
>> Soldiers run a 65 mile marathon for charity - 28 May 09 ( Birmingham Mail )
>> Soldiers tackle endurance event in memory of dead comrades - 27 May 09 ( Community newswire)
>> Funeral held for British soldier - 27 May 09 ( BBC News)
>>Town mourns hero soldier - 27 May 09 (the Sun)
>> Kirkby bids farewell to hero Rifleman Adrian Sheldon - 27 May (Mansfield Chad)
>> Hundreds gather to pay tribute to Notts "hero" - 27 May 09 (This is Nottingham.co.uk)
>> School cadets celebrate 100 years in grand military style - 27 May 2009 (this is somerset.co.uk)
>> Birmingham soldier to run D-Day 'ultra marathon' in Normandy - 27 May 09 (Birmingham Post)
>> Soldiers catch up with their Chad - 26 May 09 (Mansfield Chad)
>> Happy Return for Dorset's soldiers - 26 May 09 (Dorset Echo)
>> British soldier shot dead in Afghanistan after serviceman killed on patrol is named - 25 May 09 (The Daily Mail)
>> Foreign spider 'hitched lift in soldier's kit' - 23 May 09 (Wales online )
>> Regiment 'overwhelmed' by welcome - 22 May 09 (BBC News)
>> Back home to flag day - 22 May (The Sun)
>> Thousands line streets to honour 1Rifles - 22 May 09 (Gloucestershire Echo)
>> Dead Monmouth hero's sister collects his medal - 22 May 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Duchess drops in on war games - 21 May 09 (Gazette)
>> Video of Chepstow Medal parade - 21 May 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Thousands line streets for soldiers' homecoming - 21 May 09 (Wales online)
>> Former Devon soldiers march through city - 18 May 09 (this is exeter.co.uk)
>> Father: 'Remember my fallen son' - 15 May 09 (Newbury Today)
>> Crowds pay silent tribute to four fallen soldiers killed in bloodiest day in Afghanistan for nearly a year - 14 May 09 (Daily Mail)
>> Silent tributes as soldier's coffin returns - 14 May 09 (this is nottingham.co.uk)
>> Hero Kirkby soldier's body flown home today - 13 May 09 (Mansfield Chad)
>> Army parade will be proud day for family - 12 May 09 ( Sout Wales Argus )
>> Hutton pays tribute to 'brave' soldier after four troops killed in Helmand - 10 May 09 (Scotland on Sunday)
>> Tributes to 'committed' Rifleman - 09 May 09 (BBC News)
>> Kirkby soldier Adrian Sheldon dies in Afghanistan explosion - 8 May 09 (Mansfield Chad)
>> Hug for a hero dad - 07 May 09 (The Sun)
>> ANSF, ISAF meet with children in Sangin, Helmand province - 07 May 09 (Blackanthem.com)
>> 1 Rifles honoured by town march - 06 May 09 ( Free Press)
>> Longridge major's Basra duties - 06 May 09 (Longridge and Ribble Valley News)
>> Armed with paper and crayons in Afghanistan’s most dangerous town - 06 May 09 (Belfast Telegraph)
>> Politician swaps chamber for warzone - 05 May 09 (Evening Star 24)
>> KISSES FOR THE HEROES - 05 May 09 (The Star)
>> Final Rifles return - 05 May 09 ( Gloucester Citizen)
>> Final soldiers return home - 05 May 09 (Free Press)
>> Wetherby soldier returns home from Iraq - 05 May (Wetherby News)
>> Mum delighted to see her soldier son back home safe - 05 May 09 (Swindon Advertiser)
>> Heroes' welcome for Afghan troops - 04 May 09 (BBC News)
>> Sophie's trek for hospice - 04 May 09 (Scarborough Evening News)
>> Fly the flag for Armed Forces Day - 02 May 09 (This is gloucesteshire)
>> Troops sweat in Iraqi desert - 02 May 09 (The Visitor Morecambe)
>> MIRACLE SURVIVAL FOR AFGHAN HERO - 02 May 09 ( The Star)
>> Emotional ceremony as British troops leave Iraq - 01 May 09 (Birmingham Mail)
>> Bullet in jaw hero survives - 01 May 09 (The Sun)
>> Leeds troops pulling out of Iraq VIDEO - 01 May 09 (Yorkshire Evening Post)
>> Were on our way home - 1 May 09 ( The Star)
APRIL 2009
>> 5 Rifles take their last patrol through Basra - 30 Apr 09 (Telegraph)
>> 4 Rifles amongst troops to deploy to Afghanistan - 30 Apr 09 ( Daily Mail)
>> Gifts that mean so much to Dorset soldiers - 29 Apr 09 (Dorset Echo)
>> Basra voices - 29 Apr 09 (BBC News)
>> Regiment gains highest Exmouth honour - 27 Apr 09 ( This is Exeter)
>> Building checkpoint was dangerous time for Chipppenham captain - 26 Apr 2009 (North Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
>> Civic honour awarded to regiment - 25 Apr 09 (BBC News)
>> Ulster-based troops take up Afghan role - 25 Apr 09 ( Belfast Newsletter)
>> Weston solider recalls Iraq tragedy - 25 Apr 09 ( Weston and Somerset Mercury)
>> 2 RIFLES take up the reins in Helmand - 23 Apr 09 (MOD News)
>> 5 RIFLES Soldier Sam hopes to be first past the post - 22 Apr 09 ( The South Yorkshire Star)
>> Bath soldier looks forward to Afghanistan stint - 21 Apr 09 (This is Bath.co.uk)
>> Iraq withdrawal: 'We don't need to be here any more' - 19 Apr 09 ( This is Plymouth )
>> Devizes Army chief pays tribute to troops in Iraq - 19 Apr 09 ( Gazette & Herald)
>> Rifles overwhelmed by show of support - 18 Apr 09 (This is Exeter)
>> One-legged Mudeford man to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Help for Heroes - 18 Apr 09 (Bournemouth Daily Echo)
>> Luke's Taliban 'adrenalin rush' - 18 Apr 09 (The Star)
>> Riflemen in training for Afghanistan - 18 Apr 09 (Abrerdeen Press & Journal
>> Iraq: the legacy - Ill equipped, poorly trained, and mired in a 'bloody mess' - 16 Apr 09 (The Guardian)
>> The countdown is under way for the final withdrawal of British forces from Iraq - 15 Apr 09 (Sky News)
>> Brave Gary proposes to childhood sweetheart before joining British forces in Afghanistan - 15 Apr 09 (Stroud News and Journal)
>> Kitchin handles the heat to fight off rivals for place in TV cooking final - 14 Apr 09 (Edinburgh Evening News
>> Our troops in charge of UK forces in Afghanistan - 11 Apr 09 (Belfast Telegraph)
>> Afghan mission for 'Heroes' son - 10 Apr 09 ( BBC News)
>> 5 RIFLES Soldier's family back charity run - 07 Apr 09 ( Hartlepool Mail)
>> 'I'd go back to Iraq in heartbeat if I got eyes back', says blinded 3 RIFLES soldier - 07 Apr 09 (Daily Record)
>> Beachley soldiers safely home - 06 Apr 09 ( Free Press)
>> Croxley Green soldier returns from Afghanistan - 6 Apr 09 ( Watford Observer )
>> 4 RIFLES Kilimanjaro climb to raise money for Help for Heroes - 06 Apr 09 ( Salisbury Journal)
>> Dorset heroes return from AfghDaily Recordanistan - 06 Apr 09 ( Dorset Echo)
>> Flag waving and cheers as city salutes our brave troops - 06 Apr 09 ( this is Exeter.co.uk)
>> 6 RIFLES parade through Exeter on return from Afghanistan photos - 06 Apr 09 ( this is Exeter)
>> TA troops welcomed home by thousands - 06 Apr 09 (Western Morning News)
>> Dorset’s Rifles return home to hero’s welcome - 05 Apr 09 ( Bournemouth Echo)
>> Return of heroes from Afghanistan - 05 Apr 09 ( Daily Mirror)
>> Cheers for troops in homecoming parade - 05 Apr 09 ( This is Plymouth.co.uk)
>> 6 Rifles Homecoming parade news and video report - 05 Apr 09 (BBC News)
>> 1 RIFLES Soldiers return from Afghanistan - 04 Apr 09 ( this is gloucesteshire.co.uk)
>> Relief as Gwent soldiers return home - 03 Apr 09 ( South Wales Argus)
>> Video of 1 RIFLES homecoming - 03 Apr 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Warm welcome home for 1 RIFLES soldiers - 03 Apr 09 (BBC News)
>> 100 troops from 1 RIFLES back in triumph - 03 Apr 09 (The Sun)
>> Trial of Catterick soldiers dramatically collapses - 02 Apr 09 ( Northern echo)
>> Army 'bullying' trial called off - 02 Apr 09 (BBC News)
>> Family and friends are delighted to welcome soldiers home at last - 03 Apr 09
>> Brave 5 in peak bid for £100k - 01 Apr 09 (The Sun)
MARCH 2009
>> ISAF combat medics from 1 RIFLES OMLT teach the Afghan national army - 30 Mar 09 (DVIDS)
>> A town united in grief - 30 Mar 09 (Monmouthshire Beacon)
>> Back Badge parade remembers fallen Rifles - 30 Mar 09 ( This is gloucestershire.co.uk)
>> Video about 1 RIFLES OMLT work - 30 Mar 09 (DVIDS)
>> School govenor heads to Afghanistan - 29 Mar 09 (Eveningstar 24)
>> International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs - 28 Mar 09 (DVIDS)
>> 1 RIFLES work praised as Afghan tour ends - 25 Mar 09 (this is Exeter)
>> 5 RIFLES video about work at FOB Oxford - 25 Mar 09 (DVIDS)
>> From front-line fighting to charity work in Iraq - 24 Mar 09 (Times Online)
>> Video: 2 The Rifles prepare for tour of Afghanistan - 24 Mar 09 (Mansfield Chad)
>> Memorial Service for fallen soldier - 24 Mar 09 (Plymouth Herald)
>> Brother in arms leads tearful tributes to soldier - 24 Mar 09 (Cornish Guardian)
>> Mum's the word - 21 Mar 09 (Yorkshire Evening Post)
>> Lads making David's service easier - 21 Mar 09 (Sunderland Echo )
>> County soldiers’ messages to mums - 22 Mar 09 (Shropshire Star)
>> Iraq soldiers go from firefights to football - 19 Mar 09 (Metro)
>> Editorial Comment: Monmouth's fitting tribute to hero - 19 Mar 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Emotional farewell to young soldier killed in Afghanistan - 19 Mar 09 (Wales Online)
>> Rifleman Jamie Gunn's final farewell - with video - 19 Mar 09 ( Gloucester Citizen)
>> Parade for city's part-time soldiers - 19 Mar 09 ( Express and Echo)
>> Funeral of Monmouth soldier killed in Afghanistan today - 18 Mar 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Monmouth's tribute to soldier 'who wanted to shine' - 18 Mar 09 (Free Press)
>> Farewell Tomo: Hundreds of bikers escort brave soldier on his final journey at military funeral - 16 Mar 09 ( The Daily Mail)
>> Tom Gaden funeral: Hundreds fill St Mary Magdalene Church - 16 Mar 09 (Somerset County Gazette)
>> Hundreds of bikers' tribute to fallen hero - 16 Mar 09 (The Sun)
>> Five Bloody Years in Basra - 16 Mar 09 (BBC News)
>> Bikers join in military funeral - 16 Mar 09 (BBC News)
>> Town in mourning - 16 Mar 09 (Monmouthshire Beacon)
>> Tom Gaden funeral: Hundreds of bikers in moving tribute -16 Mar 09 ( Somerset County Gazette)
>> Tom Gaden - funeral and bike procession today - 16 Mar 09 ( This is the west country)
>> Monmouth shops to close for soldier's funeral - 16 Mar 09 ( SouthWales Argus )
>> Roll call of our heroes - 16 Mar 09 (The Sun)
>> He's the sickest man in Britain - 16 Mar 09 ( The Sun)
>> Army instructor to jump in memory of fallen colleague - 13 Mar 09 ( Salisbury Journal )
>> Rifles Regiment make police presentation - 12 Mar 09 (Stroud News and Journal)
>> Army major awarded Military Cross - 11 Mar 09 ( BBC News)
>> Helmand day one - the visit - 11 Mar ( BBC News)
>> 5 RIFLES Iraq patrol takes in marsh school - 11 Mar 09 ( BBC News)
>> Funeral held for Stephen Kingscott killed in Afghanistan - 10 Mar 09 (Plymouth Herald)
>> Funeral for 'exemplary soldier' - 10 Mar 09 (BBC News inc video clip)
>> Paucity of equipment hampers training, says decorated officer - 10 Mar 09 (Daily Telegraph)
>> Parachute jump in memory of Wiltshire soldier killed in Afghanistan - 09 Mar 09 (this is Wiltshire)
>> Monmouth soldier to be buried next week - 09 Mar 09 (SouthWales Argus)
>> What are we doing in Afghanistan? – MPs - 08 Mar 09 ( Daily Echo)
>> Tributes paid to former Andover pupil - 07 Mar 09 ( This is Hampshire.net)
>> 2,000 salute dead heroes - 4 Mar 09 (the Sun)
>> Soldiers' bodies flown home - 4 Mar 09 (Salisbury Journal)
>> Silent lament for fallen heroes - 4 Mar 09 ( Western Daily Press)
>> Honour these fallen heroes - 4 Mar 09 (SouthWales Argus)
>> Town honours fallen soldiers - 4 Mar 09 (SouthWales Argus)
>> We salute you all - 4 Mar 09 ( This is Gloucestershire)
>> Town turns out in silent tribute to soldiers - 4 Mar 09 (The Plymouth Herald )
>> If troops so valued, treat them better - 3 Mar 09 (This is Exeter)
>> Hundreds pay silent tribute to fallen soldiers - 3 Mar 09 ( Swindon Advertiser)
>> Antrim soldiers embark on tour of Afghanistan - 3 Mar 09 ( Antrim Times )
>> Step aside, limey, this is how to fight the Taliban - 1 Mar 09 (Times Online)
FEBRUARY 2009
>> Four dead British soldiers named by MoD - 27 Feb 09 (TheDaily Mail)
>> Rifles vehicle was 'powerless' to protect them from explosion - 27 Feb 09 ( This is Gloucestershire)
>> Web tributes paid to Monmouth Rifleman killed in Afghanistan - 27 Feb 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Roll of Honour Sky News - 27 Feb 09 (Sky News)
>> Dead troops an 'inspiration', families - 26 Feb 09 (Daily Telegraph)
>> Tributes to 4 "Outstanding Soldiers" - 26 Feb (Sky News)
>> Four Glocestershire soldiers killed - 26 Feb 00 ( BBC News)
>> Programme to celebrate 200 years of Bournemouth - 25 Feb 09 ( Daily Echo)
>> Rifle Ross takes aim at unbeaten record - 25 Feb 09 (The Star South Yorkshire)
>> Soldiers show their hearts in charity run - 25 Feb 09 (Edinburgh Evening News)
>> Soldier's body is returned to UK - 24 Feb 09 (BBC News)
>> City Soldier's body returns home - 24 Feb 09 ( The Plymouth Herald)
>> Running for The Rifles - 23 Feb 09 ( Daily Echo)
>> Soldiers send letters of thanks to Gloucestershire people - 23 Feb 09 (Gloucestershire.co.uk)
>> 6 RIFLES On high alert as end of tour nears - 21 Feb (westernmorning news.co.uk)
>> Fans' fury over Argyle stance - 21 Feb 09 (this is plymouth.co.uk)
>> Monmouth woman gets stitching for troops - 20 Feb 09 (South Wales Argus)
>> Fiancee pays tribute to 145th soldier in Afghanistan - 19 Feb 09 ( The Mirror)
>> Lance Corporal Stephen Kingscott 1 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan 16 Feb 09 - 17 Feb 09 (MOD News)
>> Soldier meets Sophie - 17 Feb 09 ( Northern Echo)
>> War heroes put in fund raising stint at Leeds Rhinos match - 16 Feb 09 ( Yorkshire Evening Post)
>> North Wiltshire MP visits 1 RIFLES Afghanistan - 13 Feb 09 (Gazette & Herald)
>>Afghan and British troops take control of Taliban territory - 11 Feb 09 (Mod News)
>> Tributes to a true legend - Cpl Danny Nield - 09 Feb 09 (This is gloucestershire)
>> Taliban stronghold destroyed by British and Afghan forces after 10 day battle - 7 Feb 09 (Daily Telegraph)
>> 2 RIFLES prepare to take out Taleban in Afghanistan - 05 Feb 09 (Times Online)
>> Hundreds pay their respects to Richard - 04 Feb 09 (this is plymouth.co.uk)
>> Hundreds honour Afghanistan hero - 04 Feb 09 (this is gloucestershire)
>> Hero's farewell Cpl Robbo Robinson funeral report - 04 Feb 09 (Looe To-day)
>> Pictures of 5 Rifles on patrol in Iraq - 03 Feb 09 (Independent)
>> Tributes pour in for proud Rifle - 03 Feb 09 (this is gloucesteshire)
>> Photo of the Day 5 Rifles soldier chats to local children - 02 Feb 09 (New Republic)
>> Under fire in the Afghan badlands - 02 Feb 09 (Independent)
>> Soldier son 'died doing job he loved' - 02 Feb 09 (this is Hull)
>> 5 RIFLES to support Project 65 - 01 Feb 09 ( Project65.net)
JANUARY 2009
>> Corporal Daniel 'Danny' Nield killed in Afghanistan - 31 Jan 09 (MOD News)
>> Loving words for soldier son - 28 Jan 09 (westernmorningnews)
>> Funeral for Sjt Christopher Reed - 27 Jan 09 ( BBC News)
>> Saltash soldier's body is brought home - 24 Jan 09 (This is Plymouth)
>> Wootton Bassett falls silent for fallen soldier - 24 Jan 09 (Swindon Advertiser)
>> Repatriation of Cornish soldier - 24 Jan (BBC News)
>> Prince fires up troops for Afghan mission - 23 Jan 09 (Hexham Courant)
>> Prince sets his sights on rousing the troops - 23 Jan (Northumberland Gazette)
>> British Ambassador commemorates the bicentenary of the Battle of La Coruna - 22 Jan 09 (Round Town News)
>> 2,000 Northern Ireland troops set for Afghanistan - 22 Jan 09 ( Belfast Telegraph )
>> Brother's final flight with hero - 22 Jan 09 (The Sun)
>> Grief for sniper 21 - 20 Jan 09 (The Sun)
>> Walking miracle Dylan all set to celebrate his third birthday - 19 Jan 09 (New Scotsman)
>> Corporal Richard (Robbo) Robinson killed in action - 19 Jan 09 (MOD News)
>> City pays tribute to its military genius - 16 Jan 09 (Glasgow Evening Times)
>> Army shows its heart as Skye defies all the odds - 14 Jan 09 (New Scotsman)
>> Mourners say Australian soldier died a hero - 14 Jan 09 (ABC News)
>> Rifles Brother will bring home Marine's body - 13 Jan 09 ( Plymouth Herald)
>> Rifles Brother in sad return - 13 Jan 09 ( The Sun )
>> Sword of Honour for Cadet - 11 Jan 09 (Herts Advertiser)
>> View photographer James Vellacott's Blog for video and pix of 1 Rifles - 7 Jan 09
>> Body of Sjt Chris Reed is home - 7 Jan 09 (Plymouth Herald)
>> Rifles help bring seed to Helmand farmers - 7 Jan 09 (MOD News)
>> B Coy 1 RIFLES take part in OP Red Dagger - 5 Jan 09 (MOD News)
>> Brave Adam's danger Afghan mission - 5 Jan 09 (Sidmouth Herald)
>> Afghanistan battle like First World War - 4 Jan 09 (Daily Telegraph)
>> Taliban bases fall after major offensive - 4 Jan 09 ( Times Online)
>> Serjeant Chris Reed of 6 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan - 2 Jan 09 (MOD News)
DECEMBER 2008
>> 5 RIFLES Christmas in Iraq - 25 Dec 09 (BBC video)
>> Army Wives at Christmas - 23 Dec 08 (BBC Gloucestershire)
>> Hero is home - 23 Dec 08 (The Sun)
>> Rifleman joins the crowd for repatriation - 22 Dec 08 (Swindon advertiser)
>> Wootton Bassett turns out for hero - 22 Dec 08 (This is Wiltshire)
>> Australian serving in British Army killed in Afghanistan - 18 Dec 08 ( Herald Sun.com.au)
>> Sixth British soldier in six days is killed in Afghanistan - 18 Dec 08 (Mail online)
>> 4 RIFLES Battle Group practises hostage rescue - 17 Dec 08 (MOD)
>> Officer to Commission into RIFLES wins Sword of Honour - 15 Dec 08 (Times online)
>> Heroes honoured in Remembrance Sunday services - 10 Dec 08 ( This is Exeter.co.uk)
>> Soldier killed hours after returning from Iraq - 8 Dec 08 ( Daily Telegraph)
>> Send your messages to our troops - 8 Dec (This is Gloucestershire.co.uk)
>> Families send Christmas cheer to Rifles in Afghanistan - 6 Dec (This is Gloucestershire.co.uk)
>> Riflemen in thoughts as they prepare for frontline Christmas - 5 Dec 08 ( ThisisExeter.co.uk)
>> Packing parcels for Afghanistan - 4 Dec 08 (Somerset County Gazette)
>> 6 RIFLES families record messages - 3 Dec 08 (BBC.co.uk)
>> Lunchtime cheer for 6 RIFLES families - 01 Dec 08 (This is Exeter.co.uk)