TWO former soldiers smashed into a war memorial garden with a tank they hired to mark Remembrance Day.

       Local councillor Mark Fearn and ex-mayor Andy Langdon splashed out ￡950 on the eight-ton Scimitar for the stunt.

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       The pair forgot to put the handbrake on and it rolled forward, smashing down the gates and knocking blocks out of the posts

       The hapless pair drove the machine to the war memorial in Bollington, Cheshire, on Thursday.

       But they forgot to put the handbrake on and it rolled forward, smashing down the gates and knocking blocks out of the posts.

       A villager said: “It was like something out of Dad’s Army.”

       Mr Fearn posted on Facebook: “Oops. A bit embarrassed.”

       He added: “I will be making a personal donation to RBL.”

       The Royal British Legion is investigating. A spokesman added: “It is entirely inappropriate.”

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