The father of Drummer Lee Rigby, the soldier killed in a terrorist attack outside his Woolwich barracks, has criticised the decision to disband his son’s battalion.
The second battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, to which Drummer Rigby belonged, is to be withdrawn as part of plans to reduce the Army by 20,000 troops over ten years.
The Ministry of Defence says the cuts are needed to make the Army more suited to future operations but they have been met with protest from veterans.
Ian Rigby said the battalion was “like a family” to his son. “The lads that served with him and the officers, they were like a band of brothers.
“To take away the heart of a regiment, it takes away history, and it hurts a lot of families,” he said. » | Matthew Holehouse | Friday, October 18, 2013
