Major arrested in medals inquiry
February 2012
A major, awarded the Military Cross for bravery in Afghanistan, has been dismissed from the Army for keeping top secret documents at his home. Robert Armstrong, 38, of the Royal Artillery, received a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Colchester Military Court in Essex. Armstrong’s quarters in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, were searched three years ago.It followed allegations that...
RIR man Dalzell ‘accidentally killed’ in Afghanistan
February 2012
The family of a Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) soldier shot dead in Afghanistan have said he was killed in a tragic accident. Ranger David Dalzell, 20, from Bangor, County Down, was fatally wounded by another RIR soldier after he returned to his base at Nad-e Ali, in the Helmand Province on Friday. His family said it was important “speculation and...