�10,000 RAISED FOR OMAGH FUND
�10,000 raised for Omagh Fund
Soldiers and families from the 1st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, based at Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh, have raised �10,000 for the Omagh Memorial Fund. Pictured presenting the money to the Duke of Abercorn, a trustee of the Fund, are the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, Lt. Col. David James, Charlotte Ashcroft, from Burscough, Leigh Roberts, from St. Helen's, and Kirsty Saxton, from Kirkham. The money was raised through an auction of items donated by families and soldiers from the base. Organised by the station's welfare office, everyone made an effort to contribute, with children giving up their toys and soldiers donating their video and CD collections. On the day of the Omagh bombing, the battalion provided whatever assistance it could, including providing landing facilities and co-ordinating the activities of a fleet of helicopters which ferried the injured to hospitals all over Northern Ireland. Two doctors, two ambulances and six combat medics also joined in the frantic efforts to help the injured within minutes of the bomb exploding.
Soldiers and families from the 1st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, based at Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh, have raised �10,000 for the Omagh Memorial Fund. Pictured presenting the money to the Duke of Abercorn, a trustee of the Fund, are the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, Lt. Col. David James, Charlotte Ashcroft, from Burscough, Leigh Roberts, from St. Helen's, and Kirsty Saxton, from Kirkham. The money was raised through an auction of items donated by families and soldiers from the base. Organised by the station's welfare office, everyone made an effort to contribute, with children giving up their toys and soldiers donating their video and CD collections. On the day of the Omagh bombing, the battalion provided whatever assistance it could, including providing landing facilities and co-ordinating the activities of a fleet of helicopters which ferried the injured to hospitals all over Northern Ireland. Two doctors, two ambulances and six combat medics also joined in the frantic efforts to help the injured within minutes of the bomb exploding.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1319
Published Date: 25-Feb-99
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