SHE died doing the army job she loved.

And now Captain Lisa Head will forever be remembered as her name has just been engraved on Almondbury War Memorial.

Her family and friends and the congregation of All Hallow’s Church, Almondbury gathered yesterday for a service and rededication ceremony led by the Rev Dennis Handley.

Capt Head, a 29-year-old bomb disposal expert from Almondbury, died in hospital in April 2011 days after being caught in a blast while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

Almondbury ward councillor Phil Scott, who served in Bosnia during the war in the former Yugoslavia, approached Capt Head’s family six weeks ago to ask if they wanted her name to be added to the village memorial.

The poignant rededication included prayers, the trumpet sounding of the Last Post before Laurence Binyon’s poem “We will remember them.”

A statement on behalf of Capt Head’s family said: “Our daughter Lisa was local to the village and sadly lost her life in April 2011.

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“We would like to say how we are extremely proud of Lisa.

“Lisa always said that she had the best job in the world and she loved every second of it.

“Lisa had two families – us and the Army.

“Lisa had a fantastic life and lived it to the full. She was very much loved by her family, friends and colleagues.

“We are extremely pleased that Lisa will now be remembered with her name being placed on our village memorial.”

Capt Head’s mum Leila, fought back tears as, together with her husband John, they placed a poppy wreath with a photo of their daughter in army uniform at the Cenotaph. The card reads: “You are missed more and more everyday. RIP sweetheart. Lots of Love Mum and Dad, Helen and Jayne xxx”

Deputy Mayor Clr Martyn Bolt, who also placed a memorial wreath at the Cenotaph, said after the ceremony: “Our thoughts are first and foremost with Lisa Head’s family.

“I would also like to give credit to Clr Scott for his efforts in organising this rededication.”

Capt Head is the first of three soldiers to be honoured on local war memorials.

Clr Scott welcomed the dedications, adding: “Everybody who pays the ultimate sacrifice deserves to have their name inscribed on their village war memorial.”

Clr Scott, whose ward covers Almondbury, said after the service: “To have a permanent memorial in the village where Lisa grew up, attended the local school and lived all her life is hugely important to herfamily.

“It will be a lasting memorial which means she will always be remembered.”

Capt Head was serving with 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, the Royal Logistic Corps, which has tragically lost six members in the Afghan conflict.

War memorials in Longwood and Slaithwaite will be rededicated to Pte Anton Frampton, 20, of Longwood, and Pte Daniel Wilford, 21, of Cowlersley, on Remembrance Sunday.

The campaign to honour war heroes is funded by Kirklees Council and is open to service personnel who died in all conflicts from the Boer War to the present Afghanistan conflict.

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