Dad was one of four soldiers killed in Iraq.

From: Northampton Chronicle and Echo (Northampton, England) | Date: November 19, 2007 | Copyright information

Four British military personnel, including one from Northamptonshire, were killed in Iraq when their boat was blown up.

They died on the Shatt al-Arab River on November 12 last year when a makeshift explosive mounted on a bridge was detonated as they passed underneath, an inquest was told.

Richard Turner, of 539 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines, who was on board but survived, told the Oxford inquest: "I remember a flash and a loud bang.

"There was a...

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