More than 20,000 British servicemen took part in hundreds of Cold War weapons tests in Australia and the South Pacific. None of them have ever received compensation for the illnesses they believe were caused by radiation.

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British Cold War nuclear test veterans claim MOD is hiding some of their medical records

Flight Lieutenant David Purse, who died in 2015, was in charge of the airfield at Maralinga, Australia, from 1962 to 1963.

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Disabled son of nuclear test veteran seeks answers in MoD medical records

Veterans launch a mass legal fight, backed by the Mirror, demanding "give us the bloody truth", as we uncover a cache of 150 documents proving scientists conducted experiments on servicemen, civilians, and indigenous people at the weapons tests

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Nuke heroes sue UK government for 'bloody truth' over missing medical records

They will sue the Ministry of Defence for blood records taken during atomic weapons tests

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Nuclear veterans sue the UK government over 'missing medical records'

Military veterans who took part in nuclear weapons tests are to take legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in an attempt to gain access to medical records they claim have been illegally withheld.

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Nuclear veterans take legal action over ‘illegally withheld’ medical records

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Some claimants said they have had cancer, blood disorders and lost children with descendants also born with obvious disabilities.

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Steve Purse, who lives in North Wales, was born with a genetic mutation and hopes records will aid research

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Disabled son of nuclear test veteran seeks answers from MOD medical records

Steve Purse. Photo via YouTube A disabled man whose father was a nuclear test veteran has said the disclosure of medical records could provide answers he needs for his son. Steve Purse, 49, was born with short stature about a decade after his father, Flight Lieutenant David Purse, served with the RAF in Maralinga, Australia, where British nuclear tests were carried out. The father of one, who lives in Prestatyn in Denbighshire, North Wales, told…

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A disabled man whose father was a nuclear test veteran has said the disclosure of medical records could provide answers he needs for his son.

British Cold War nuclear test veterans claim MOD is hiding some of their medical records

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