12th December- Grandma would walk ‘400- miles’ Audrey McCune, 66, sets off on 400-mile fundraising walk to Northern Ireland Audrey McCune covered 23 miles from Rock Barracks in Woodbridge to the other side of Ipswich on the first day of her fundraising journey to Northern Ireland. The 66-year-old stopped for lunch in Stowmarket yesterday before…
11th December- Singing For Heroes. Military Wives campaign to get song to help forgotten Army heroes to top of the charts The single will raise money for the Daily Mirror and Walking With The Wounded Christmas campaign. As Shelli leans towards the microphone, the tear stains are still showing on her face. She is part…
10th December- The Greatest Christmas Gift. Terrington firm offers homeless veteran home for Christmas A former servicemen could be swapping life on the streets for flat thanks to the kindness of a West Norfolk firm. Terrington Gas and Fuels is embodying the spirit of Christmas by offering to give a home to a former member…
9th December- Flying Trees. A Catsfield Christmas tree farmer is raising funds for the air ambulance after he was airlifted by the charity helicopter 25 years ago. Clive Collins, of Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, is donating 10p from every tree sold to Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance after one of its pilots bought a…
8th December- Walking Home For Christmas. War veterans are clocking up hundreds of miles as they raise cash for wounded soldiers by “walking home for Christmas”. David Fox, began his monster journey – in which he will walk for 24 hours straight – on Monday, December 7, in Misson, north Nottinghamshire. In a gruelling first…
7th December- Old Comrades Reunite. 489th Bomb Group reactivates The Air Force Reserve plans to reactivate the 489th Bomb Group and associated elements during a ceremony Saturday at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The bomb group reactivation includes the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 489th Maintenance Squadron and the 489th Aerospace Medical Flight. The 489th is…
6th December- Veteran Baker. WARSAW — U.S. Navy veteran James Bottoms, 85, loves nothing better than baking; he’s been doing it all his life, but what he really enjoys is giving those baked goods to others. The award-winning baker and his wife Mary have a small bakery in their rural Warsaw home, J&M Goodies. They…
5th December- Tea and Total Reconciliation in Tokyo. British ex-PoW meets Japanese veterans in Tokyo Two veterans from opposing sides in one of harshest battles of the Second World War have shaken hands and sipped tea in Tokyo as part of a reconciliation programme between the UK and Japan. Roy Welland, 94, a former British…
4th December- Sending joy to veterans at Christmas Operation Christmas Cards takes off in Chester Lee Worthing, 41, came up with the idea to bring a smile to the face of a veteran A simple idea to put a smile on the faces of forces veterans at Christmas has taken off in Chester. Operation Christmas…
3rd December- A veteran gone, but not forgotten. Darlington D-Day veteran honoured with a French medal after his death. A D-DAY veteran who died last year is finally being honoured for his efforts after his family received France’s highest military honour. Darlington resident Ralph Johnson will be commended for his bravery at the Normandy D-Day…
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