By John Smith • Published: 20 Jul 2016 • 12:32
BRECON BEACONS: Scene of four army deaths in three years
In a tragedy reminiscent of similar events three years ago a soldier has died in army exercises on the hottest day of the year so far for most of the UK. The male soldier died on July 19 during an exercise on the Brecon Beacons which formed part of a seven week course for promotion to platoon sergeant.
He collapsed when running and though he was with colleagues at the time they were able to do little for him. The cause of death is still unclear and the man has yet to be named. In July 2013 three soldiers died while training for SAS selection, also on the Brecon Beacons. At the inquest the coroner said that the army had been guilty of a catalogue of mistakes.
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Married to Ophelia in Gibraltar in 1978, John has spent much of his life travelling on security print and minting business and visited every continent except Antarctica. Having retired several years ago, the couple moved to their house in Estepona and John became a regular news writer for the EWN Media Group taking particular interest in Finance, Gibraltar and Costa del Sol Social Scene. Currently he is acting as Editorial Consultant for the paper helping to shape its future development. Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews
It is about time that something was done to stop the UKGovernment killing off people By dubious cons:Old people no health care- lack of money for food and heating and well sorry but I thought the army deserved better treatment.The brits didn’t call David Cameron the 21st centuryHitler in europe for nothing.kay
Don’t worry Kay it will get worse now Brexit is here.
The idea of the army is to train hard, otherwise you get killed in battle if you are weak…It is the media that causes conflict and builds up hate and name calling which is the lowest form of wit
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