A Helensburgh veteran is fighting for his life in a Thai hospital as his family attempts to bring him back to the UK.

Alexander Parker, who served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in the Falklands, the Gulf, Bosnia, and Iraq, is in intensive care with suspected lymphoma. The 73-year-old had been splitting his time between his home in the UK and Thailand , where he worked as a teacher, when he fell ill five months ago.

Human Resources worker Jayne Simpson, 47, from Helensburgh, told the Record : "My dad lives in Thailand and comes home the rest of the time. He and is retired from the military and retired from teaching last year.

"The first sign of trouble was when he complained that his stomach was sore. He was given acid-reflux medication. Then, in May, he collapsed and was admitted

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