Went to Trafalgar Square to visit the bench that @rich57 photographs and was lucky to capture Ben at his statue.
Former Royal Marine Commando Ben Deakin, 26, was shot in the ankle five years ago while serving in Afghanistan. He and two colleagues on a rooftop came under heavy fire from inside a Taliban compound. His quick-thinking almost certainly saved their lives.
'They were badly wounded and covered in blood', he said, 'I didn’t realise I'd been shot at the time so I helped them. I say helped – I just pushed them off the roof into cover. They probably didn’t think I was helping at the time.'
The statue of Ben, an ex-lance corporal, is likely to be going at some stage to his former barracks at 40 Commando in Taunton. 'With the amount of injuries and the amount of lads who won’t be returning, it’s a way of underlining what an extreme war Afghanistan is', he said.
hope you have a fab time..