Our Heroes

Derek Derenalagi, 2 MERCIAN, is a larger than life Fijian soldier who fell victim of anti-tank mine in Afghanistan in July 2007.

Dwayne Deare, RIFLES, was injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Afghanistan in December 2009. 

Trooper Ian Costello was seriously wounded with multiple spinal fractures, two shattered feet and severe skull fractures which later led to serious memory loss, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in July 2009.

Mark Ormrod, Royal Marines, known as ‘The Bionic Marine’, lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan.

Michael was in stationed in Sangin Afghanistan in November 2009 when he was severly wounded by an I.E.D whilst on foot patrol. He lost both legs above the knee and suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his left arm and nerve damage to his right.

SSgt Michael Yule, Micky to his friends, aged just 31, lost both his legs, the skin on his hands and sustained damage to his internal organs when he took the full blast of a bomb. Despite this, he was still able to tell his colleagues how to carry out his first aid.

Pte Pa Modou Njie of 1 Mercian, a popular and cheerful soldier from The Gambia, was blown up whilst on routine foot patrol, resulting in the loss of both legs in September 2010.