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4.18/2022 Suggested edit:
Signaller Paul William Didsbury, who died on 29June, 2005, aged 18, was a soldier with 21 Signal Regiment (AirSupport) serving alongside the Joint Helicopter Force in Iraq.
He was the 89th British serviceman to die in the conflict.
Signaller Didsbury, was born in July, 1986, and came from Blackpool.He joined the Army in August, 2002, and was based with 21 Signal Regiment in Colerne,Wiltshire. As a signaller, he was responsible for tactical communications between ground and aircraft with the Joint Helicopter Force.
Signaller Didsbury was deployed to Basra on a hand-over tour.On 29 June, 2005, two weeks before his 19th birthday, the departure time of Signaller Didsbury's mission flight was brought forward by an hour.Signaller Didsbury's friend, Lance Corporal Rory Gallagher, offered to drive him to the helipad to catch his flight. But on their way, Gallagher heard a shot followed by screaming and his friend fell to the road.
Signaller Didsbury sustained massive injuries to his face from the shot and medics were unable to save him.
Contributor: Middlesex Yeomanry Association (50820194) • [email protected]
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4.18/2022 Suggested edit:
Signaller Paul William Didsbury, who died on 29June, 2005, aged 18, was a soldier with 21 Signal Regiment (AirSupport) serving alongside the Joint Helicopter Force in Iraq.
He was the 89th British serviceman to die in the conflict.
Signaller Didsbury, was born in July, 1986, and came from Blackpool.He joined the Army in August, 2002, and was based with 21 Signal Regiment in Colerne,Wiltshire. As a signaller, he was responsible for tactical communications between ground and aircraft with the Joint Helicopter Force.
Signaller Didsbury was deployed to Basra on a hand-over tour.On 29 June, 2005, two weeks before his 19th birthday, the departure time of Signaller Didsbury's mission flight was brought forward by an hour.Signaller Didsbury's friend, Lance Corporal Rory Gallagher, offered to drive him to the helipad to catch his flight. But on their way, Gallagher heard a shot followed by screaming and his friend fell to the road.
Signaller Didsbury sustained massive injuries to his face from the shot and medics were unable to save him.
Contributor: Middlesex Yeomanry Association (50820194) • [email protected]
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4.18/2022 Suggested edit:
Signaller Paul William Didsbury, who died on 29June, 2005, aged 18, was a soldier with 21 Signal Regiment (AirSupport) serving alongside the Joint Helicopter Force in Iraq.
He was the 89th British serviceman to die in the conflict.
Signaller Didsbury, was born in July, 1986, and came from Blackpool.He joined the Army in August, 2002, and was based with 21 Signal Regiment in Colerne,Wiltshire. As a signaller, he was responsible for tactical communications between ground and aircraft with the Joint Helicopter Force.
Signaller Didsbury was deployed to Basra on a hand-over tour.On 29 June, 2005, two weeks before his 19th birthday, the departure time of Signaller Didsbury's mission flight was brought forward by an hour.Signaller Didsbury's friend, Lance Corporal Rory Gallagher, offered to drive him to the helipad to catch his flight. But on their way, Gallagher heard a shot followed by screaming and his friend fell to the road.
Signaller Didsbury sustained massive injuries to his face from the shot and medics were unable to save him.
Contributor: Middlesex Yeomanry Association (50820194) • [email protected]
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4.18/2022 Suggested edit:
Signaller Paul William Didsbury, who died on 29June, 2005, aged 18, was a soldier with 21 Signal Regiment (AirSupport) serving alongside the Joint Helicopter Force in Iraq.
He was the 89th British serviceman to die in the conflict.
Signaller Didsbury, was born in July, 1986, and came from Blackpool.He joined the Army in August, 2002, and was based with 21 Signal Regiment in Colerne,Wiltshire. As a signaller, he was responsible for tactical communications between ground and aircraft with the Joint Helicopter Force.
Signaller Didsbury was deployed to Basra on a hand-over tour.On 29 June, 2005, two weeks before his 19th birthday, the departure time of Signaller Didsbury's mission flight was brought forward by an hour.Signaller Didsbury's friend, Lance Corporal Rory Gallagher, offered to drive him to the helipad to catch his flight. But on their way, Gallagher heard a shot followed by screaming and his friend fell to the road.
Signaller Didsbury sustained massive injuries to his face from the shot and medics were unable to save him.
Contributor: Middlesex Yeomanry Association (50820194) • [email protected]
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