大象传媒 Radio WM - Elise Evans on 大象传媒 Radio WM, 'It couldn't look any better, it's exactly how we wanted it' Birmingham school's bench tribute to a former pupil and soldier.

'It couldn't look any better, it's exactly how we wanted it' Birmingham school's bench tribute to a former pupil and soldier.

A school in Birmingham's paid tribute to a former pupil and soldier killed by a charging elephant in Africa.

22-year-old Coldstream Guardsman Mathew Talbot from Great Barr suffered fatal injuries during an anti-poaching patrol in Malawi in May 2019.

His family have worked with staff at Meadow View School, to install a bench in his memory.

大象传媒 Radio WM's Megan Jones was at the unveiling with Mathew's family, friends and former teachers.

07 June 2022

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