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'Disrespectful' airport obscured memorial behind cash machine
Western Daily Press
|November 06, 2025
N airport has been criticised for hiding a memorial tribute to a landmine hero - behind a cash machine.
The plaque, also below, dedicated to Christopher Howes, right, has been obscured at Bristol Airport
(David Downing)
The plaque is dedicated to Christopher Howes - a former army engineer and mine clearing expert from Backwell, in North Somerset.
In 1996 Christopher was leading a team from the Mines Advisory Group to clear landmines in the Cambodian jungle. He and his interpreter Huon Hourth were kidnapped and murdered by Khmer Rouge guerrillas.
A plaque is dedicated to him at Bristol Airport - but was recently pictured on a wall with two cash machines in front of it.
This story is from the November 06, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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