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Two men from different generations discuss the event that bonds them
Roger Bacon talks to Jason Clasby about his son Matthew, who died whilst serving in Iraq
In 2005, Roger Bacon's son Matthew was one of the many British service personnel killed whilst serving in Iraq.
Jason Clasby worked with Matthew and was sitting next to him when he died.
As they told Eddie Mair, despite meeting briefly at the Chilcott inquiry, the two men had never sat down to talk about what happened, until now, ten years after Matthew's death.
(Photo: British troops patrolling in Basra, Iraq Credit: Getty Images)
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The Eddie Mair Interview
Eddie Mair speaks at length to people with interesting things to say, for Radio 4's PM.
