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| 2006-04-23 |
| Tributes have been paid to a Durham University graduate killed in Iraq where he was serving with the British armed forces. Lieutenant Richard Palmer was included in tributes at a remembrance ceremony on Saturday at his former College of St Hild and St Bede. Lt Palmer, 27, died on 15 April in an explosion near Ad Dayr, north of Basra. College principal Dr Alan Pearson is also sending a letter of sympathy to Lt Palmer's family in Ware, Hertfordshire. Lt Palmer graduated in 2003 with a Combined Honours degree in Social Sciences. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards soldier was the 104th UK military fatality of the conflict. Lt Palmer's body arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire yesterday, said an MoD spokesman. His coffin was draped with the Union Jack flag and carried from the transport plane by his fellow soldiers. The tributes were being paid during the college's annual Sounding of Retreat ceremony at a war memorial dedicated to the Bede College Contingent of the Durham Light Infantry who were killed in the Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge during World War I. I salute Bede College and their fallen comrade. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 I am astonished. And very pleased. I didn't think there were any left in the British academy who would honour those who fight to keep them free. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-04-23 19:24 |