MILITARY man Nathan Cox knows only too well the devastating impact the loss of a comrade can have on the loved ones they leave behind.
Nathan, a military training instructor for under 16s at The Army Foundation College Harrogate, is to take on Scotland’s Cape Wrath Trail to raise money and awareness for Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a charity that supports bereaved British Armed Forces children.
The 28-year-old, from Barnsley, witnessed the devastation caused when a loved one doesn’t return home, after his friend Anthony Lombardi was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, leaving behind his partner and newborn baby.
This inspired him to raise money for the charity that helps children smile again following the loss of a parent.
Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle