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Parents' fury at Army's delay to report missing son

The parents of 28-year-old Lance Corporal Ryan Rudd, a soldier based at Catterick Garrison, have voiced fury at the British Army for failing to notice he was missing for two weeks after he was last seen on a night out at Selby’s New Inn on February 15, 2026, claiming the delay hindered North Yorkshire Police’s investigation and potentially cost their son his life. The Army has launched an internal probe and is collaborating with police, who are leading the search, while Rudd’s parents insist he would not have voluntarily disappeared.