cpl.
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Example Sentences
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Swinney's uncle, Cpl Tom Hunter, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after dying at Lake Comacchio in Italy months before the end of World War Two.
From BBC
L/Cpl Bugby tells BBC Newsbeat it makes sense to him.
From BBC
But Cpl Alex says his training put him "under a certain amount of pressure" to see how he would react to stressful scenarios.
From BBC
An extract of the letter, shared at the request of L/Cpl Hooley's family, said he "went out doing what I trained to do, what I chose to do, and I had all of you in my heart the whole way".
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Earlier on Wednesday, a private ceremony was held at Brize Norton before L/Cpl Hooley's body was carried past mourners lining the route to the Carterton Repatriation Memorial Garden.
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