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Messages from Scarborough's front line troops
SOLDIERS from the Scarborough area who spent Christmas thousands of miles away in war-torn Afghanistan have been sending messages to their loved ones back home.
Lt Col Toby Gray, commanding officer with the 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, told the Evening News of his thoughts for his family and his determination to complete the mission.
He said: "Of course we all miss our loved ones at home and the feeling of separation is felt ever deeper during this, the festive season.
"Despite this, we really are engaged in a job worth doing. Our thoughts and prayers are with our families and the families of the fallen and injured.
"As a family regiment, this deployment has brought us ever closer together despite the physical separation. Bonds forged in the furnace of conflict and tempered by separation and austerity endure. We will be home soon enough and once again wet towels will be found on the bathroom floor."
The Coldstream Guards has already suffered two deaths and 22 soldiers have been wounded in action during the current tour of duty.
Lt Col Gray, 44, who is from Scarborough added: "Despite this, all Coldstreamers are determined to follow through to the end of our mission.
"There is no shortage of determination to leave a positive legacy behind when we return home in late Spring."
Lance Corporal Rob Chambers, 22, a Platoon Signaller from Scarborough, recently returned to his Afghan base in Helmand, where he and a small OMLT live and work with the ANA, following a short period of leave.
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Saturday 04 February 2012
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