Newport soldier climbs Kilimanjaro for fallen comrade's charity
A NEWPORT soldier helped raise £30,000 in memory of a fallen comrade by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
Rifleman Michael Perry, 26, made the summit despite battling altitude sickness at 5,300 meters.
He made the climb in honour of his friend Rifleman William Aldridge - who is the youngest British soldier to die in the Afghanistan conflict, aged 18 years and 47 days...
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