Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. 

I have set a challenge to do as many Bike Rides as possible to raise a goal of £500 for Help for Heroes. I have set the task that by the end of the year my goal will be achieved.

In 2010 I was lucky enough to be an IFA who helped the soldiers on Colchester Barracks achieve mortgages for the new Government Shared equity scheme for Soldiers. 

During this time I met many young soldiers who showed me team work and loyalty on a level I have never seen before. 

One of the Soldiers who left a mark on me was Lance Corporal Kyle Marshall. 

When I met him, I helped him with a mortgage for his new home. He wanted to build some roots for his girlfriend away from the typical barracks accommodation. 

He was due to come home to marry his girlfriend .

This was the report;

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Kyle Cleet Marshall, from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 14 February 2011. 

And this is his story

Lance Corporal Marshall was deployed on an operation to reassure and improve security for the population in an area in the south of the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province when he was fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device.

Lance Corporal Marshall deployed to Afghanistan on 17 October 2010 with B Company, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment. He was based in Patrol Base 4 in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. On 14 February 2011 he deployed as part of a platoon to a rural area near the village of Padaka.

His mission was to dominate the ground near a recently occupied checkpoint to deter insurgent forces from attacking ISAF and Afghan National Army bases and the local population. At 1130hrs Lance Corporal Marshall was fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device while extracting from a compound following an engagement with insurgents.