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Back from the front: audio slideshow

Newsnight has been speaking to soldiers about their experiences of returning to the UK from the frontline.

Captain Martin Taylor and Trooper Lorna Kelly describe returning from Afghanistan, while Corporal Simon Brown reflects on returning after being shot while serving in Iraq.

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The colour pictures are their own or Ministry of Defence images taken in the field, the black and white images were taken recently in the UK.

The film - in which Jeremy Paxman speaks to Capt Taylor, Cpl Brown and Trooper Kelly - can be seen on BBC Two on Monday, 15 December at 2230GMT and online.

Captain Martin Taylor - Parachute Regiment. Age 31, from London. Served: Iraq 2005, Afghanistan (Sangin) 2006.

Trooper Lorna Kelly - Territorial Army, Honourable Artillery Company. Age 31, from Edinburgh. Served: Afghanistan (Camp Bastion) 2007-8.

Corporal Simon Brown - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Age 30, from West Yorkshire. Served: Kosovo 1999, Iraq 2003, Iraq (Basra) 2006.




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