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4th July 2011 The Royal Hospital Chelsea is home to our Iconic Chelsea Pensioners, we all love to see them in their scarlet tunics, they are part of our national identity. They also represent the legacy of military service and engagement, which we as a nation should honour as part of the Military Covenant, please [...]

27th June 2011 PRESENTATION OF THE DECAID BATON Whilst transiting to Leith, Scotland. HMS Portland embarked members of the DECAID Charity. The symbol of this charity is a baton fashioned from a stretcher used to carry injured personnel in Afghanistan. The charity was set up by current members of the Exeter Officer Training Corp (OTC) [...]

June 20th 2011 Last evening Alan took four members of the Exeter University Officers Training Corps down to Plymouth to join HMS PORTLAND she will be taking the team up to Edinburgh for the start of the DecAid project. The current plan is for the Baton to sail up from Plymouth on 21 June with [...]

June 15th 2011 Uffculme School in Devon has really embraced the Baton and its message in the most genuine and infectious way, it will always have a special place in the Baton’s history. The photos show Alan handing honours out to the 55 mile team members, the team photo is with Jamie Bertram who with [...]

6th June 2011 Thanks to Cottages and Castles – and their respective homeowners – DecAid have TEN FREE HOLIDAYS to give away to members of the Armed Forces.  The Forces charity, Tickets for Troops is running this ballot on behalf of DecAid, and anyone registered with them will be eligible to enter the ballot.  Please, please, [...]

4th August 2011 This year we have been invited by massive Baton supporters Paul Sparks and Sandra Curtis to join the Barn Close Kennels stand and promote the Baton, this will be our first appearance at the Honiton Show which is such a brilliant local event. EVERYS, the well known and respected firm of East [...]

16th May 2011 Alan spent the whole day with the Talking2Minds team based at Leigh near Manchester, primarily to handover a cheque for £1,000 from the Baton towards the invaluable work being done there. To say that Alan found the day a most enlightening and emotional experience, would be a gross understatement, there is so [...]

9th May 2011 On Monday May 9th Frank Roberts came to Honiton, the ‘home of the Baton’ to carry it on his challenge – the South West Coastal Path Walk. He was handed the Baton by Councillor Peter Fleming Honiton’s Mayor, in what will be Peter’s last official act outside of Council affairs, Alan then [...]

7th May 2011 Veterans In Action are walking to John O’Groats on a 1400 mile walk of Discovery, expected to arrive on the 30th May.  The team are also carrying the ball from the Army v Navy game at Twickenham with them as well as the Baton. Alan Rowe and Catherine Boulter from the Baton [...]

17th April 2011 A tremendous Congratulations to the Team of Walking With The Wounded who reached the North Pole on the 17th April 2011. To read the statement from the team and to listen to the audio please click here. Please visit their website to find out more about the team or donate to help [...]