Rising Number of Young Ex-Servicemen Struggling ; Remembrance Numbers of Servicemen Who Need Help Doubles
Birmingham Post › October 30, 2008
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Britain's last Tommy joined serving Navy personnel to launch this year's poppy appeal as the Royal British Legion revealed they have seen the numbers of young serviceman needing their help more than double in a year.
Harry Patch, 110, is the last survivor of trench warfare on the Western Front and was joined by Falklands War veteran Simon Weston OBE on board HMS Somerset for a remembrance service.See the full content of this document
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Rising Number of Young Ex-Servicemen Struggling ; Remembrance Numbers of Servicemen Who Need Help Doubles
The 5,000-tonne Duke Class frigate berthed at Avon mouth docks for the service led by members of the Somerset county branch of the Royal British Legion.
A flypast by the...See the full content of this document
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