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Philip Munn, ex-sapper, on A-bomb tests (1982)
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Philip Munn, former sapper with the Royal Engineers, on witnessing atomic bomb tests on Christmas Island, and his subsequent battle with leukaemia. Female interviewer not identified.
A-bomb victim takes case to High Court (1988)
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51 year-old Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Pearce is now seriously ill and...
A-bomb victim wins right to sue Government (1988)
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Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Today’s unanimous ruling by the Law Lords...