Grants Committee
Ed Addington
In 2009, Captain Ed Addington was commanding a platoon in Afghanistan when he was seriously injured in a bomb explosion. He was admitted to Selly Oak Hospital and then Headley Court, where he pursued recovery with great determination of spirit. Ed ha…
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Chris Howard
In August 2009, rifleman Chris Howard was on patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan when he was injured in an IED explosion. He was 21. Airlifted to hospital, he knew that three of his friends had been caught in a further bomb explosion and had not survived.
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Captain Harry
Captain Harry was 26 years old, on tour in Helmand Province Afghanistan, when he stepped on an IED. He lost one of his legs in the explosion and the other was subsequently amputated because of a fungal infection. He went through a long and arduous re…
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