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| Army lecturer dies in
blast at home
BY DAVID GRAVES Daily Telegraph, 25.10.1997 |
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A SENIOR Army lecturer was killed yesterday when an explosive device, thought to have been a World War Two hand grenade, exploded at his home several hours after he had returned from a visit to the El Alamein battlefield. Dr John Pimlott, 49, head of the war studies department at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, died soon after the blast at his bungalow in Camberley, Surrey. His wife, Margaret, found his body after she woke at 7.30am on Friday. Neighbours said they had heard a noise that they thought was a firework at about midnight. Police said it was not immediately clear what the explosive device had been and forensic scientists were examining the shrapnel. Officers believe Dr Pimlott was examining the device, part of the collection of military memorabilia he kept in his study, when it exploded. They described the incident as a "tragic accident". His injuries were so extensive that paramedics immediately called police, believing that Dr Pimlott had been the victim of a frenzied shooting. Colleagues told police that it was highly unlikely that Dr Pimlott had found a grenade on his visit to Egypt. Dr Pimlott, the father of two daughters, had lectured at Sandhurst for 24 years. He had written a number of books on military history and had recently appeared on the Channel 4 programme Decisive Battles. Matthew Midlane, Sandhurst's director of studies, described him as a "brilliant and inspiring man". |
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