YORKSHIRE soldiers have returned from a seven-week trip to Sierra Leone to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The unit, which is from 35 Squadron, 5 Medical Regiment based at Catterick, were part of the Army’s support to the UK’s Ebola response.

They manned the Ebola Training Academy and helped train the Sierra Leonean health care workers who are working in the five Ebola treatment units the UK is currently building.

The unit’s Lieutenant Colonel Phil Carter said: “During the course of our seven week deployment we trained more than 4,000 personnel which can only have a major impact on tackling the outbreak.

“Thanks to the commitment of my soldiers, many of whom were young and deploying for the first time, we achieved a high quality training course.”