• Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech
Stories from SWNS
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Karim Tahseen Khayat: Seeds Training Services and Digital Services

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Karim Tahseen Khayat: Seeds Training Services and Digital Services

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
Stories from SWNS
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncategorized

Hero’s welcome as soldiers from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment return from Afghanistan

by
April 28, 2010
in Uncategorized
0
0
SHARES
25
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Proud squaddie Sergeant Adrian Dixon held his baby boy aloft after arriving home from a gruelling tour of Afghanistan.

Sergeant Dixon, 27, had just five precious weeks at home with newborn Bobby before he flew out to the front line.

And he couldn’t contain his joy when he arrived home at Battlesbury Barracks in Wiltshire into the waiting arms of wife Sarah, 25 and three children.

Little Bobby beamed with delight as his dad playfully held him above his head and showered him with tender kisses.

Sergeant Dixon was among 63 troops from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment who were reunited with their families yesterday.

He said: ”I’m so relieved to be home. It’s been four months and Bobby was only weeks old when I left.

”It’s amazing to see how much he’s changed. It’s so great to be back.

”I’m sure he (Bobby) still remembers me. He keeps smiling and talking to me but he’s about five times bigger than when I last saw him.

”I was expected him to be so tiny, but he’s grown so much.”

Wife Sarah added: ”Bobby’s a really good baby so it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be with Adrian gone.

”But it’s stressful worrying all the time about whether he will come back in one piece. I was also worried about him missing out on Bobby changing and growing.”

The couple, who have daughter Chloe, six, and son Thomas, three, will now enjoy some quality time together at home on barracks in Warminster, Wilts.

But Sergeant Dixon, who is originally from Whitehaven, Cumbria, said his homecoming was tinged with sadness for the two comrades the group lost during their tour.

Lance Corporals Graham Shaw and Liam Riley were killed on the same patrol in February by an Improvised Explosive Device.

Sergeant Dixon added: ”The hardest part was losing two of my men out there. Riley was my second in command and I was in training with Shaw.

”You don’t really have time to grieve until you come home. It’s bitter sweet – I’ve got this amazing family to come home to but their families will never have this moment.”

The soldiers – from Corunna, Alma and Somme Companies – served up to six months in Afghanistan.

They played a key role in Operation Moshtarak, providing security in the heavily-armoured Mastiff Protected Mobility Vehicles to allow a new road to be built through the Babaji region.

The soldiers were due to arrive back on Monday but their flight was delayed by the fallout from the volcanic ash cloud.

Commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Tom Vallings thanked the families for their patience during the agonising 24-hour delay.

He said: ”The families of soldiers are well-practiced in remaining agile and flexible to the last minute.

”But clearly with a tour as difficult as these guys have experienced, being delayed even an hour causes families a degree of turbulence and I’m hugely grateful for their patience and their understanding.

”Our guys have been well-trained, well-prepared, and, most importantly, up for it and they’ve gone out there and they’ve done a great job.”

Mum Joanne Stalton, 47, travelled down from Doncaster to welcome home BOTH of her sons – Lance Corporal Christopher Dale, 26, and Corporal Antony Dale, 24.

The seamstress said: ”They’ve both been out there for six months – it’s been alright but we’ve had to keep busy.

”It’s their first tour in Afghanistan but they’ve both been to Iraq. It’s so good having them come home – it’s such a relief.”

Carla Maguire, 27, from Warminster, was waiting for her husband Lance Corporal Mark Maguire, 30, with daughters Shannon, six, and Tierney, four.

She said: ”It’s been the longest six months of my life. He had only just joined up again in August after he had already done two tours in Iraq, and he was straight off to Afghanistan. It’s amazing to have him back.”

Shannon added: ”I said ‘Welcome back,’ to daddy.”

Private Darren Meikle, 27, from Halifax, came home to his son Jack, seven, and wife Lara, 25.

Swinging Jack in his arms he said: ”It’s absolutely fantastic to be back.”

Jack echoed: ”It’s brilliant to have dad home.”

Tags: afghanistanhomecomingsoldier
Previous Post

Great Crane Project hails success as eight common crane chicks hatched

Next Post

Nickel allergy woman tells of strange condition where she can’t touch metal

Next Post

Nickel allergy woman tells of strange condition where she can't touch metal

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • 111 Followers
  • 60k Followers
  • 168k Subscribers
  • 23.5k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

March 5, 2014
The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

January 21, 2014
The horses thunder towards a jump at the Grand National

Amazing racehorse names which never made it

April 23, 2014
HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

January 14, 2019
Chris Fear, 33, outside the Coral betting shop which is refusing to pay out on his 485/1 winning bet

Boycott Coral! Bookmaker faces protest after refusing to pay out on a football fan’s 485/1 bet

184
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

147
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, researchers found

Women begin feeling invisible to men ‘when they turn 51’

138
UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

105
Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

May 13, 2022
Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

May 6, 2022
The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

May 4, 2022
How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

May 4, 2022

Recent News

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

May 13, 2022
Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

May 6, 2022
The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

May 4, 2022
How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

May 4, 2022
SWNS

SWNS all rights reserved. Copyright 2020

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Auto
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Gaming
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Pictures
  • Property
  • Review
  • Sport
  • SWNS
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent News

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

May 13, 2022
Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

May 6, 2022
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.