Having read the article, The Mirror merely highlighted this case as an extreme example, however the real story is that this tactic is being widely employed with service men in the last one or two years of their time.

Of course the MOD are sticking to the official line that point of service time has no bearing whatsoever on the redundancy, if that was genuinely the case, why not simply allow these personnel serve out their time and not replace them?.

This is cost cutting on the backs of service personnel many of who have laid their lives on the line, as far as help for ex-military personnel is concerned there is no constant, some are helped, some are just tipped overboard like so much waste.

The case only a couple of weeks back, young soldier severely injured, loss of leg and massive internal injuries, through guts and determination this young lad has achieved his first target, that was make it to the local shop and buy his own paper, immediately some over blown officious prat in the benefits office decides that this lad can now walk and no longer qualifies for any disability allowance.

When querying this he was told, “well you have an artificial leg which is just as good as anyone else”, totally ignoring his list of other injuries which would have killed most people and are still a major disabling factor. Because of the furore that erupted involving his local MP, Councillors and ex-regiment his case was re-evaluated and benefits restored, this should not be happening at all.