Fighting on
Lance Corporal Stirling Brown's work placement at the Royal Armouries
is just the type of scheme of which we should see more. The former medieval armourer and Territorial Army soldier, who was deployed from the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry to the Queen's Dragoon Guards, was left with leg and back problems after suffering terrible crush injuries from an accident in Afghanistan.
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Hide AdNow he has been given a fresh start through the Return to Work Initiative as his recovery continues. In helping the museum to audit its collection, L/Cpl Stirling Brown is playing a vital role in preserving its treasures for future generations.
Britain's soldiers, sailors and airmen should be welcomed in any workplace. It is especially satisfying, however, to see one of them given a chance to pursue his passion at the end of his military career. Society must never forget the debt it owes to these heroes.