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Children of those KIA 'deserve school fees'
Posted on 29th October 2007
The widow of a lance corporal killed by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan has said children of servicemen or women killed in action (KIA) should receive the boarding school allowance paid to those serving abroad.
In an interview with the Times, Angela Nicholls praised the help she was offered following her husband's death and said the army were "brilliant" in supporting her and her family through the funeral.
However, she expressed concern that her children's school fees would not be provided for, adding: "The thing I feel very strongly about is that some provision should be made for the future education of children of soldiers killed in combat."
This year's Poppy Appeal organised by the Royal British Legion features the Poppy Man, a figure who symbolises the care offered to those the charity helps.
In one poster he is pictured with army widow Tina Thompson helping swing her toddler son to show the support the charity offers bereaved families.
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