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Contributed by: Trevor STUBBERFIELD (52A) |
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Corporals Graeme Stiff and
Dean John, who died in |
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Town pays tribute to fallen REME soldiers By Alice
Murphy Flags flew at half-mast in Wokingham in
remembrance of two soldiers killed in Corporal Dean John and Corporal Graeme
Stiff, both of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), died in As a mark of respect for the two
Arborfield-trained soldiers, the flags at The soldiers, who are freemen of Wokingham,
were killed while traveling in a patrol vehicle struck by a roadside bomb. They were both members of the Light Aid
Detachment of 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards. Their bodies were brought back to the
country on Saturday. Corporal John, 25, passed out of basic
training at Arborfield Garrison in August 2000. Corporal Stiff, 24, joined REME in 2004 and
became an electronics technician. |
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