Royal Marine musicians play for bandmate 'one last time'

Name: Watch Royal Marine Band perform for band member 'one last time'
Uploaded: 2024-06-25T14:35:46.915Z
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Description: The Royal Marine Band plays for one of its band members Sophie, who is terminally ill.

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Musicians from the Royal Marines have performed an emotional tribute for their terminally-ill bandmate for "one last time".

Sophie Ward, from Warminster in Wiltshire, was joined by her new husband L/Cpl Richard Ward, who is also a Royal Marines musician, for the concert in the grounds of Dorothy House hospice, in Winsley near Bradford-on-Avon.

The 27-year-old flautist, who has motor neurone disease (MND), and fellow patients were taken outside to watch the spectacle with staff and volunteers on 18 June.

Video courtesy of Royal Marines Band

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25 June