Tragic accident claims life of Waterside soldier

Tributes have been paid to the 23-year-old soldier from the Waterside, who died in a tragic accident on Saturday in north England.
Trooper Mark McKeen, a Royal Dragoon Guard.Trooper Mark McKeen, a Royal Dragoon Guard.
Trooper Mark McKeen, a Royal Dragoon Guard.

Trooper Mark McKeen, a past pupil of Lisneal College and a former Cadet, was one of two soldiers to die in the collision close to Catterick Military Base at 8pm on Saturday evening.

Read touching tributes to the young Royal Dragoon Guard and his female companion, Pte Codie Richardson, aged 20, in tomorrow’s Londonderry Sentinel, out tomorrow, Wednesday, February 5.

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