A HEROIC former Army medic has described how he saved a delivery driver’s life by performing CPR for 20 minutes at the scene of a serious crash in Colchester. Scott Davies, 46, was visiting a friend’s home in Mersea Road, on Saturday evening when he heard a “massive smash” outside. The personal trainer, who spent nine years as a paramedic with the Royal Army Medical Corps, rushed outside to see if he could assist. He said: “We were sat down and watching the TV and heard this massive smash and a horn continue to sound. “The junction is notorious for crashes and we have seen lots of little ones before but this was something different. I must have been out there within 60 seconds.”
A HEROIC former Army medic has described how he saved a delivery driver’s life by performing CPR for 20 minutes at the scene of a serious crash. Scott Davies, 46, was visiting a friend’s home in Mersea Road, Colchester, on Saturday evening when he heard a “massive smash” outside. The personal trainer, who spent nine years as a paramedic with the Royal Army Medical Corps, rushed outside to see if he could assist. He said: “We were sat down and watching the TV and heard this massive smash and a horn continue to sound. “The junction is notorious for crashes and we have seen lots of little ones before but this was something different. I must have been out there within 60 seconds.”
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Dunkirk veteran Ken Hay recalls his part in the war and how he’s looking forward to seeing his old brothers in arms at Sunday’s memorial
5 June 2021 • 6:00am
Ken Hay was just 17 at the time of the invasion
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There have been two occasions in his 95 years that Ken Hay has found himself a prisoner. The first was in July 1944 when the then 18-year-old private in the 4th battalion, the Dorset Regiment, was captured by Nazi troops shortly after the D-Day landings and held as a prisoner of war.