Give Our Boys Gear for the Job! ; Troops Must Be Better Equipped, Warns Brother of Dead Soldier: Too Young To

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THE brother of brave Black Country war hero Jonathan Horne, who died fighting the Taliban, today called for troops to be better equipped.

Peter Horne spoke as his family prepared to receive the body of Corporal Horne which was being flown back to the UK along with the bodies of seven other British soldiers killed in the army's bloodiest 24 hours in Afghanistan.

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Give Our Boys Gear for the Job! ; Troops Must Be Better Equipped, Warns Brother of Dead Soldier: Too Young To

Cpl Horne, whose daughter Jessica was born three months ago, was killed the day before his 28th birthday. Peter, aged 34, said: "Jonathan was looking in magazines to buy stuff to take with...

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