Longest Pull Honours Fallen Hero 2009: 624pm Thursday

Longest pull honours fallen hero

6:24pm Thursday 23rd April 2009 COLLEAGUES of a bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan today pulled a 13-tonne truck from Abingdon to Didcot in
his memory. Ten members of the 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, took part in the nine-mile

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