Ex-Keynsham Scout in Afghanistan.

Pete Sheppard is one in a long line of Keynsham scouts to go into the armed forces, and not the first to serve in Afghanistan.

However, he is probably the first to write a blog for a major news organisation. To see this, click http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/colleagues+mourn+soldier+killed+in+helmand/3564857.

At least one other ex-Scout is undergoing army training and another is in the Marines and is likely to deploy to Afghanistan in the near future.

This close association brings the realities of war a little nearer to home for members of 1st Keynsham.'