TWELVE have-a-go gunners from the British Army’s 22 Regiment RA have been presented with police commendations for foiling an armed robbery in Warwickshire earlier this year.

The Welsh Gunners, based at Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, saw an armed robbery in progress when they stopped at the M42 Tamworth service area on their way to the Army Rugby Cup finals in March.

A raider was threatening a female security guard while the rest of the gang attacked a Securicor vehicle. The soldiers grappled with one gunman but were forced to back off when a second robber fired a shotgun at them. A 34-year-old SNCO received shotgun pellet wounds to the back and spent four days in hospital.

– Soldier Magazine

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