{"id":403,"date":"2010-07-19T17:24:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T17:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?403"},"modified":"2010-07-19T17:24:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T17:24:37","slug":"wristband-campaign-to-drum-up-soldier-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/wristband-campaign-to-drum-up-soldier-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Wristband campaign ‘to drum up soldier support’"},"content":{"rendered":"
A wristband campaign has been launched in Lincolnshire to show support for local troops.<\/p>\n
The accessories have been designed to help raise funds and drum up encouragement for the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment before they are deployed to Afghanistan, This is Grimsby reports.<\/p>\n
Black and gold in colour, the items bear the group’s nickname – the Poachers – as well as the word ‘Afghanistan’.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Nathan Cass, a worker in the regiment’s recruitment office in Lincoln, noted: "There are lots of family and friends who live in the area, so whenever they see anything with the Poachers on it, they show their support."<\/p>\n
The bands cost £2 and are available from the Armed Forces Career office in the city’s High Street.<\/p>\n
It was recently reported army mum Patricia Hall has set up the Supporting the Returnees of our Nation’s Guards campaign after hearing of her son’s experiences when fighting overseas.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins
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