Two days ago members of the Royal Navy Medical Service started to carry a stretcher from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Birmingham (where injured personnel are first received) to Hasler Company recovery centre in Plymouth via Headley Court in Surrey , a distance of 360 miles in 14 days. This traces the route of injured service personnel on returning to the UK.
Last night they stayed at Chipping Norton and were welcomed by the Prime Minister.
Tonight they stayed in Abingdon. Tomorrow they stay at Henley.
They were welcomed to Abingdon by a number of town councillors, The Mayor, and The Chair of the Vale District Council …
Nicola Blackwood MP, and Ian Hudspeth, Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, were also there to show their support.
For more information about the ‘360 mile stretcher carry’ which is raising money and awareness for service charities that support injured service personnel see www.rnmsstretchercarry.org.uk.
Photo Two: Backstreeter snapped the team rushing my Grand National betting slip to the cottage hospital after it collapsed in the bookie. This casualty was not reported in the national press.