Eileen Green

Our Under 11 Greens team are very proud to be sponsored by Eileen & Daniel Green. Eileen is the mother and Daniel is the brother of Corporal Richard Green who was tragically killed in action in Afghanistan on the 2nd March 2010, Corporal Richard Green served with 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 Rifles). Richard and his brother Dan were very keen Westwood Wanderers players.

Corporal Richard Green was born on 4 September 1986 in Reading. He attended Little Heath Secondary School, gaining a GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification) in Leisure and Tourism before joining the Army on 4 August 2003 at the age of sixteen.

He attended Phase One training at the Army Training Regiment in Bassingbourn, before reporting to the Infantry Training Centre Catterick in January 2004 for his infantry specific training.

Corporal Green successfully completed a Junior Non-Commissioned Officer cadre within a year of arriving at 3 RIFLES and, a year after that, had completed the demanding Section Commanders' Battle Course to qualify him for promotion to Corporal.

Corporal Green deployed to Afghanistan in September 2009 with 3 RIFLES Recce Platoon. Following five months of patrolling and operating in the town of Sangin, he was sent with his team to a patrol base to work alongside his Afghan National Army partners to bring stability and development to local Afghans.

"Richard was a larger than life character who packed so much into his short life. In his own words he was the 'Greenmeister', a true legend. He wouldn't want any of us mourning his death, rather he would want us all to celebrate his life. On his recent R&R Richard said 'If anything happens to me know that I've lived life to the full, have no regrets, and love my job.'

Lieutenant Colonel Nick Kitson, Commanding Officer, 3 RIFLES Battle Group, said:

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