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The parents of a soldier killed in Afghanistan have promised to fulfil his wish of seeing his baby son wearing a Brighton and Hove Albion strip.
Private Robert Wood only met his newborn son Noah once before he went to Camp Bastion.
The 28-year-old port operator died in a fire at the camp last week, leaving behind Noah, now three-months-old, and partner Becky Day.
Pte Wood’s parents, Alison and Graham, of Turkey Road, Bexhill, are now determined to see ensure their grandson never forgets his father.
Mrs Wood, 57, said: “Rob came home in October and saw Noah. He had two weeks with his son.
“I have some little film clips of them that at the time I didn’t think much about, but now they mean so much.
“Noah’s exactly like his dad. He’s really smiley and happy and has an eye for the ladies already.
“We are only just beginning to come to terms with what has happened, but it is such a comfort to us to have Noah.
“Rob was an Albion fan, but because of the job he couldn’t get to many games.
“But he still followed them avidly online from Afghanistan, finding out the results and when ever he phoned or wrote he was always talking about them.
“The first thing he was going to do when he got back was get Noah an Albion shirt.”
Pte Wood was in the 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, part of the Royal Logistic Corps, stationed at the Marchwood Military Port in Hampshire. Pte Wood, known as Woody, and a second soldier Private Dean Hutchinson, of Wiltshire, died in the blaze last Monday (FEB 14).
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation, but a spokesman described it as a domestic fire that occurred in the workplace.
A spokesman for Brighton and Hove Albion said the club would be honoured to donate Noah his first football kit and said the club would do whatever they could to help Pte Wood’s family “through what must be an unimaginable period of grief”.
Private Robert Wood only met his newborn son Noah once before he went to Camp Bastion.
The 28-year-old port operator died in a fire at the camp last week, leaving behind Noah, now three-months-old, and partner Becky Day.
Pte Wood’s parents, Alison and Graham, of Turkey Road, Bexhill, are now determined to see ensure their grandson never forgets his father.
Mrs Wood, 57, said: “Rob came home in October and saw Noah. He had two weeks with his son.
“I have some little film clips of them that at the time I didn’t think much about, but now they mean so much.
“Noah’s exactly like his dad. He’s really smiley and happy and has an eye for the ladies already.
“We are only just beginning to come to terms with what has happened, but it is such a comfort to us to have Noah.
“Rob was an Albion fan, but because of the job he couldn’t get to many games.
“But he still followed them avidly online from Afghanistan, finding out the results and when ever he phoned or wrote he was always talking about them.
“The first thing he was going to do when he got back was get Noah an Albion shirt.”
Pte Wood was in the 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, part of the Royal Logistic Corps, stationed at the Marchwood Military Port in Hampshire. Pte Wood, known as Woody, and a second soldier Private Dean Hutchinson, of Wiltshire, died in the blaze last Monday (FEB 14).
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation, but a spokesman described it as a domestic fire that occurred in the workplace.
A spokesman for Brighton and Hove Albion said the club would be honoured to donate Noah his first football kit and said the club would do whatever they could to help Pte Wood’s family “through what must be an unimaginable period of grief”.
Rest in peace fella'.
