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Skydive and Auction Evening in Memory of Lance Corporal Dane Elson

Stuart Elson is raising money for Welsh Guards Appeal

Participants: Stuart Elson Alison Elson Jessica Williams Becky Collett Laurinda Graham

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Skydive in Memory of Lance Corporal Dane Elson · 27 March 2010

The Welsh Guards have recently returned from a successful tour of Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Throughout the summer they relentlessly took the fight to the Taliban and conducted over 3242 combat patrols and sustained no less than 1463 attacks from the enemy. These successes were not without some considerable cost including the deaths of 7 soldiers, including the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the highest ranking officer killed in action since the Falkland’s War. In addition, a considerable number of soldiers have been in hospital and are now in rehabilitation centres. Furthermore, we must expect that more will, in the longer term, be mentally invalided by their experiences. The next 10 years promise to make extraordinary demands on the Regiment, serving Welsh Guardsmen, their partners and families and those members of the Regiment who have left through disability or work-related illness. The Welsh Guards Afghanistan Appeal is designed to support, alleviate and improve the prospects of those consequently in need. •Support the families and dependants of those killed in action by responding promptly to problems of bereavement and hardship. •Support those wounded on operations, particularly those who have had to leave the Army, to assist in finding them new employment and to help them become active family and community members. •Support the families and dependants of those seriously wounded or injured in prolonged recovery situations.

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

 

I am the grandad of Lance Corporal Dane Elson who served with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and was sadly taken from us on 5th July 2009, from that day our lives changed and will never be the same. He was a kind, loving and lively grandson, who lived life to the full. He is missed so much by all his family.

I am doing a skydive on March 27th 2010 along with my daughter in law, granddaughers and danes auntie to raise money for the 'Welsh guards in Afghanistan Appeal' to support the soldiers who will need continuous help in the years to come having given their all in the war in Afghanistan.

 

The Auction evening is at the Legion in Pencoed and will start at about 19:30.

There are loads of good raffle and auction prize up for grabs! Some of the prizes include-
*6 months membership at Esporta
*weekend break away
*Beauty treatments
*Round of golf for 4people
*meal for 2
*Nights stay and breakfast for 2 at The Towers hotel in Swansea bay
*Family pass for a day at Butlins
Plus many more , so please come along to support these events!

 

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