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Charity match for killed soldier

A football match to honour a soldier from Cleethorpes who was killed in Afghanistan has been held to raise money for injured troops. Guardsman James "Jimmy" Major, 18, a gunner with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed on 3 November. The match was at Grimsby Town's stadium Blundell Park between members of his old school in aid of Help the Heroes. It was a fitting tribute for the soldier who loved football.

Guardsman Major was a massive football fan and a season ticket holder at Blundell Park.

Guardsman Major was one of five soldiers shot by an Afghan police trainee at a checkpoint in Helmand Province.

He was posted to Southern Afghanistan in April 2009, six months after joining the 1st Battalion.

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