Family tragedy inspires Lyminster veteran's sky dive

Michael Sambrook, 24, who spent more than six years in the Royal Navy, is getting ready to leap 14,000ft with the Red Devils, to raise money for Help For Heroes, a cause he holds close to his heart

Now a carer at Deepdene Court, in St Catherine's Road, Littlehampton, he said that he had wanted to do something for the charity since his step-brother, father-of-one private Darren George, 23, from Essex, was killed while on patrol in Kabul, in 2002.

This week, the death toll of British soldiers serving in the war-torn country passed the 255 total of those killed during the Falklands conflict, in 1982.

Darren was caught by a ricocheting bullet when a colleague suffered a "dizzy spell" and fired his machine gun accidentally,

To sponsor Michael, click here or pop into The Dolphin, High Street, Littlehampton, where staff are collecting for his fund.

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