This is a soldier’s diary. A story, told from the frontline in Afghanistan. Everything you read is real.

It tells the story of the men of checkpoint ‘Qudrat’, 3 Para, or as they named themselves –“the lost tribe”.

The 353 Trust has been given permission to share this, so you can recognise the importance of what the young men and women of this country have achieved, and to help raise money for the injured and the families of the fallen.

What were you doing on the day Pte.C.Burtenshaw wrote today’s entry? Find out what was in the news back home and more on the 353 Diary blog.

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10th January

Went into W6A today, no contact, and I was dying for a poo the whole time. I feel like crap and can’t stop crapping! Fucking gutted as I can’t go on the OP tomorrow! Going to bed!

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On this day in history
10 January

2008

World’s cheapest car debuts in India.

1996

King Hussein of Jordan makes his first public visit to Israel's largest city as relations between the two countries warm.

1991

The United Nations Secretary General is leaving shortly for Baghdad in a final diplomatic effort to avoid war against Iraq.

1989

Cuban troops begin withdrawal from Angola.

1985

Safety concerns over electronic trike.

1985

Gas blast kills eight in Putney.

1979

'No chaos here' declares Callaghan.

1967

Johnson asks for more funding for Vietnam War.

1962

An avalanche on the slopes of an extinct volcano kills more than 4,000 people in Peru.

1957

Harold Macmillan accepts the Queen's invitation to become prime minister following the sudden resignation of Sir Anthony Eden.

1954

Thirty-five people are missing, feared dead, after a BOAC Comet jet airliner crashes into the Mediterranean.

1946

First meeting of the United Nations.

1923

Harding orders U.S. troops home from Germany.

1922

Arthur Griffith was elected president of the newly formed Irish Free State.

1920

The League of Nations, its covenant ratified by 42 nations, comes into being.

1878

An Amendment granting women the right to vote was introduced in Congress by Senator A.A. Sargent of California.

1863

The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon.

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This is the real diary of a soldier who fought on the frontline in Afghanistan. In his own words, Pte.C.Burtenshaw 3011 6964 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, writes a brutally honest account of his experiences, not just as his therapy, but for his children.

The Diary Of My Afghanistan Tour 2010/2011, portrays the human element of the Afghanistan conflict to help those back home understand, that ‘as much as we love of our jobs and being out here, we are all of us, still human.’

353 is not a number

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353 is a charitable trust with the aim of helping members of the military community by delivering long-term support to a variety of charities, soldiers and their families. To make as big a difference as possible through partnerships with other organisations. This enables us to achieve our objective of providing a career and income within 353 for those affected by military conflict.

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