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Wartime craft gets soldiers to Scouts' island

Nottingham Army Reserves have used a D-Day landing craft to transport their equipment across a river to upgrade a Scout group's island base.

Soldiers from 73 Engineer Regiment dismount the D-Day landing craft

The Regular and Reserve soldiers of the East Midlands-based 73 Engineer Regiment have been putting their military expertise into practice to build a new boat house and upgrade toilet facilities on Barton Island in the River Trent, home to the 2nd Beeston Sea Scouts since the 1960s.

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