Pte Gavin Williams

My Son, Private Gavin Williams died as a result of his own senior officers in the Army committing this illegal military act without any duty of care.

He was subjected to this degrading torturous punishment exercise on one of the hottest days of the year on 3rd July 2006

Gavin was ordered the punishment by the Adjutant captain Mark Davies for letting off a fire extinguisher at one of his guests at the mess ball in a silly drunken prank with friends one Saturday night.

Debra Williams

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On Wednesday 25 March members of Military Families Against the War delivered a letter to Gordon Brown calling for a full public inquiry into the Iraq war and its background. Reg Keys, Rose Gentle and Peter Brierley all lost sons in the Iraq war and have campaigned tirelessly for an Inquiry.

Later in Parliament foreign secretary David Milliband confirmed that an Inquiry will begin in July.

The head of the Army is ready to send up to 2,000 extra troops to Afghanistan amid fears that the US-led mission will struggle without significant reinforcements.

It was an issue that proved almost as contentious as the decision to go to war: were British troops sent into battle with equipment that left them dangerously exposed to enemy fire?

It is now six years since we went into Iraq. On June 28th it will be five years to the day since I lost my boy. It's a day I can't get away from. I can remember watching the news when it said that a British soldier had been killed. I looked at the TV and saw the body of a boy on the ground. No, it can't be Gordon, I thought, as I would have been told by now. But it was. Four hours later I was told it was Gordon.

On Saturday the 7th of March I did a run for Combat Stress to help our brave men and women.

It would be really good if everyone who has joined us online could meet up to do something together to show our support.

If you have any ideas please let me know

Rose Gentle x