'We wear poppies to remember our hero dad who died in Afghanistan'
Richard had worked as a senior nurse at the minor injury unit of Evesham Community Hospital when he trained to be an SAS medic, joining 12 Squadron in 1999 after passing the gruelling selection process at his first attempt.It was in the summer of 2007 that the outdoor enthusiast got the call he knew might come.
Richard managed to return home on leave for Orla’s first birthday in February 2008 and, poignantly, on the day his body was repatriated to RAF Lyneham, Wilts, that autumn Orla took her first steps. “Growing up, Mum wanted to make sure Dad was never forgotten, so we’d sit together and take it in turns to read bedtime stories to the urn containing his ashes.”
It is the friends she has made through residential holidays and social events organised by the Forces Children’s Trust who really help her to process her emotions for her dad.— formed in 2004, is the first British charity focused on supporting children whose parent has died or sustained life-changing injuries while in our Armed Forces.
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