TY - JOUR T1 - Death of A Soldier: A Mother’s Story Margaret Evison JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 487 LP - 487 DO - 10.3399/bjgp13X671759 VL - 63 IS - 614 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/63/614/487.2.abstract N2 - Biteback Publishing 2012 HB, 300pp, £16.99, 9781849544498On 9 May 2009, a small platoon of the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, on patrol in the poppy fields of Helmand province, Afghanistan, was ambushed by Taliban fighters. The platoon commander, Lt Mark Evison, had just written in his journal ‘There is a definite lack of steer from above as to how to play this one. I am yet to be given a definite mission and clarity as to my role out here’. In the firefight that followed, hampered by inefficient radio communications, Lt Evison broke cover to … ER -