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  • Soldier forced to sleep in car after hotel refuses him a room (UK)

    09/04/2008 10:29:30 AM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 32 replies · 208+ views
    Times Online ^ | 9/4/08 | Hannah Fletcher
    A wounded soldier home from Afghanistan on sick leave was forced to spend the night in his car after a hotel refused him a room. Corporal Tomos Stringer was told by staff at Metro Hotel, in Woking, that it was company policy not to accept members of the armed forces as guests. The 24-year-old had travelled to the Surrey town to help with funeral preparations for a friend killed in action. It was so late that Cpl Stringer, who had broken his wrist jumping off an Army truck as it was attacked, had no choice but to bed down in...
  • Brit soldier forced to sleep in car after being refused hotel room for being in the military

    09/04/2008 5:30:49 AM PDT · by Blueflag · 81 replies · 381+ views
    The UK Daily Mail Online ^ | Sept 4, 2008 | Daily Mail Reporter
    excerpts ... He tried to rent a room at the Metro Hotel in Woking, after spending longer than expected in the town. He was asked for ID and showed them his military pass. But staff told him it was company policy to turn away members of the Armed Forces. 'Soldiers don't get treated like this in America. There they are treated like heroes but here they are being treated like scum. It is heartbreaking.' [ <-- AMEN!]