Tragic timeline
September 6 2006: Corporal Mark Wright of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment dies in a minefield in Helmand Province while rescuing injured colleagues. He was posthumously awarded the George Cross.
October 2008: At the end of an inquest into Cpl Wright’s death, Coroner Andrew Walker criticised the lack of resources given to the army in Afghanistan, after hearing that no helicopters with rescue winches were available to evacuate injured troops from the minefield, so a Chinook had been sent instead, causing a fierce downdraft which blew a mine upwards into Cpl Wright’s chest.
November 21, 2009: After months of fundraising and planning, the Mark Wright Project Centre is officially opened in Dalkeith.
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