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21 May 1999 to 14 August 2021 · Salisbury
"Go on then."
10
memories
1288
candles
Ellie was twenty-two. She was a veterinary nurse, a corporal in the Army Reserve, and the loudest person at any table. Her parents and her platoon made this together, and it is short because her life was.
Built by Helen and Mark Marchbank, with the 3rd Battalion
21 May 1999
Three weeks early, in a hurry, which never changed.
2004 to 2010
A Shetland called Biscuit that bit everyone but her.
September 2011
Her form tutor wrote 'Ellie has opinions' on the first report. It became the family motto.
July 2015
Four days of rain. She came back and said it was the best thing she'd ever done.
September 2017
3rd Battalion, Wessex Fusiliers. She was the smallest in her intake and the first to finish the assault course.
2018 to 2020
Two years at the practice in Wilton. She brought home a three-legged cat called Trevor in the first month.
November 2019
Her dad has the photograph of her saluting in the kitchen, in her pyjamas, at midnight.
April 2020
The practice stayed open. She did the night shifts so the older nurses didn't have to.
21 May 2021
A barbecue in the garden with the platoon. The last photograph of all of them together.
14 August 2021
Driving home from a night shift. Trevor lives with her parents now.
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