Essex: soldier Iain in walk of courage (From Gazette)
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Essex: soldier Iain in walk of courage
3:00pm Thursday 4th December 2008 in News
Iain Greenwood – solo walk in memory of teenage niece Maggie Vale and the nine Royal Anglians who died in Afghanistan in 2007.
A Territorial Army officer is set to walk 100 miles in five days to raise money in memory of “ten courageous individuals”.
Iain Greenwood is doing a solo walk on Dartmoor to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and 1 Royal Anglian Afghanistan Memorial Fund.
Mr Greenwood, a captain in 3 Royal Anglians, will be walking in memory of his 14-year-old niece Maggie Vale, who died in October from cancer, and the nine men from the Royal Anglians killed in Afghanistan in 2007.
The 43-year-old, from Thorpe-le-Soken, will be carrying all the kit and supplies he needs for the trek, which begins tomorrow.
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