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This was in Peterborough paper july last year. no apologies for printing it now .
The Memorial is in a Peterborough park
a Ex service friend sent me the photo and cutting.
THE families of two soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland have expressed relief that the memorial in their memory has been restored after a vandalism attack.
THE families of two soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland have expressed relief that the memorial in their memory has been restored after a vandalism attack.There was outrage earlier this year when the water feature, in Bishop's Road gardens, was wrecked after vandals moved a stone, bending an iron post holding it together.
The 10,000 memorial had been put up in memory of Corporal Michael Boddy (24) and Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick (23).
Today the feature is working again after Peterborough City Council brought in specialists to fix it.
Cpl Boddy's sister, Margaret Yallop, of Myrtle Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, said: "We do not understand the mentality of those who destroyed it in the first place, but our whole family is really happy it has been restored."
Cpl Boddy, of the Royal Anglian Regiment, was murdered by an IRA sniper while on patrol in Belfast in 1972 – the first Peterborough soldier to be killed in the Troubles.
Fellow city soldier Lance Bombardier Restorick (23) was the last British soldier to die at the hands of the IRA, when he was shot in the back by a sniper as he carried out a routine check on a car in Bessbrook, South Armagh in 1997.
Four years ago Ms Yallop joined forces with Stephen's parents, Rita and John, who then lived in Orton Malborne, to campaign for a permanent memorial.
Mrs Restorick said: "John and I were sad that the water feature was damaged by mindless vandalism but we are very grateful to the council for repairing it and confirming that it will maintain it in the future."
Friends, family, the public and the army raised the cash needed for the memorial which is made up of rocks from the mountains of Newry and Mourne in Northern Ireland.
Peterborough City Council took over the maintenance of the memorial after it was vandalised earlier this year.
The council's asset development manager Jon Marsden said: "The disrespect shown by those who vandalised the memorial caused distress to both Stephen and Michael's family.
"We arranged for a specialist company to carry out the repair work necessary. The water feature has been restored to its original condition and is in now full working order."
The Memorial is in a Peterborough park
a Ex service friend sent me the photo and cutting.
THE families of two soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland have expressed relief that the memorial in their memory has been restored after a vandalism attack.
THE families of two soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland have expressed relief that the memorial in their memory has been restored after a vandalism attack.There was outrage earlier this year when the water feature, in Bishop's Road gardens, was wrecked after vandals moved a stone, bending an iron post holding it together.
The 10,000 memorial had been put up in memory of Corporal Michael Boddy (24) and Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick (23).
Today the feature is working again after Peterborough City Council brought in specialists to fix it.
Cpl Boddy's sister, Margaret Yallop, of Myrtle Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, said: "We do not understand the mentality of those who destroyed it in the first place, but our whole family is really happy it has been restored."
Cpl Boddy, of the Royal Anglian Regiment, was murdered by an IRA sniper while on patrol in Belfast in 1972 – the first Peterborough soldier to be killed in the Troubles.
Fellow city soldier Lance Bombardier Restorick (23) was the last British soldier to die at the hands of the IRA, when he was shot in the back by a sniper as he carried out a routine check on a car in Bessbrook, South Armagh in 1997.
Four years ago Ms Yallop joined forces with Stephen's parents, Rita and John, who then lived in Orton Malborne, to campaign for a permanent memorial.
Mrs Restorick said: "John and I were sad that the water feature was damaged by mindless vandalism but we are very grateful to the council for repairing it and confirming that it will maintain it in the future."
Friends, family, the public and the army raised the cash needed for the memorial which is made up of rocks from the mountains of Newry and Mourne in Northern Ireland.
Peterborough City Council took over the maintenance of the memorial after it was vandalised earlier this year.
The council's asset development manager Jon Marsden said: "The disrespect shown by those who vandalised the memorial caused distress to both Stephen and Michael's family.
"We arranged for a specialist company to carry out the repair work necessary. The water feature has been restored to its original condition and is in now full working order."
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