Regiment back with no fatalities

Published : 22 Sep 2009 13:17:53

A military commander whose soldiers have now left Afghanistan has said they are "very lucky" not to have had fatalities fighting on the frontline.The Second Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment saw some of the fiercest action in the past 18 months. Some soldiers were seriously hurt but unlike other units, none were killed. The battalion is the infantry county regiment of London, Surrey, Kent, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Hampshire and the Channel Islands. It is the British Army's sen.... read more