Memorial bench unveiled for soldiers killed in middle east

The bench at Edinburgh Castle is dedicated soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Scoltand

A bench dedicated to the twenty-three soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland who died in action in Afghanistan and Iraq has been unveiled at Edinburgh Castle today.

A devastated mum who lost her son, Sean Binnie, after he was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 has been campaigning with the Ancre Somme Association Scotland to erect the memorial outside the Regimental Headquarters for this for almost two years.

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