David Curtis
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Growing up in Liverpool, David skipped school to avoid bullying and tensions at home.
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Derek Derenalagi
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Derek Derenalagi was serving with the Worcestershire Sherwood Foresters Regiment in Helmand Province in July 2007 when the vehicle he was out on patrol in triggered a roadside bomb.
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Mary Wilson
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Band of Brother, Mary Wilson had been in the army serving as a Community Mental Health Nurse specialist for almost 20 years when she was medically discharged.
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Ken Nash
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Steve Gill
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Steve served with the Army until 1991. He is a bilateral amputee and has lost his right eye. He says that sport plays a massive part of his everyday life, including that of his children.
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Nikki Paterson
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Former Craftsman, Nikki served with the Army (REME) until February 2015.
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Stuart Robinson
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Stuart served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) until in 2013 his life changed forever. He was caught up in an explosion in Afghanistan, losing his lower left leg immediately in the blast, and later had to have his shattered right leg amputated too.
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