'I was in pain but they couldn't find anything wrong'

DARREN BARTHOLOMEW, a 29-year-old father of two from Swadlincote, Derbys, was a driver in the Royal Corps of Transport, now part of the Royal Logistics Corp, when he was sent to serve in the Gulf war. "I went everywhere delivering supplies, particularly to the tank regiments.

"I had a spate of illnesses when I came back from the Gulf but soon after we got back, in late 1991, we were deployed to Bosnia. Then in 1994, I was sent out to Bosnia a second time. I was flown home in July 1994 because I had pains in my testicles but they couldn't find anything wrong and I was sent back to Bosnia. Then in the August I had to be evacuated from the area with severe pains and they discovered the testicular cancer."

Since leaving the Army he has had a urine test that proved positive for traces of depleted uranium. "The operation to remove the cancer was successful but I still have great pain and I also suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome."

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