We Will Remember Them

I spent a wet and windy morning yesterday at the War Memorial in Newton Abbot to honour all those people who gave their lives so that we may live in peace.

Despite the rain, hundreds of people lined Queen Street to watch us as we marched by, and the number of young people there to watch or participate was incredible to see.

Our local MP, Richard Younger-Ross gave the reading, and we all marked the two minute silence during a brief gap in the showers.

Whilst we remember those who have gone before, we must also remember the living, including those soldiers who are currently serving in the Armed Forces across the world. With this in mind, I was so pleased to hear that the single released by Simon Cowell's latest prodigies has reached Number 1 in the charts. The single raises money for Help for Heroes, a charity helping those wounded in the conflicts that Britain is still involved in.

One of the projects that they fund is in conjunction with Troop Aid. Every patient who is injured while on active service and goes through the hospital in Selly Oak will now receive a Troop Aid Hero Grab Bag.

This simple idea makes a real difference to the moral and comfort of the patient. The bag contains all the ‘nice to haves’ like a t shirt, underwear, socks, washing and shaving kit, or female equivalent, as well as other items like writing paper, a telephone card and memory stick.