Tag: Yuletide Yomp
YULETIDE YOMP TO SUPPORT TWO CHARITIES
SATURDAY’S Yuletide Yomp will raise money for two military-related charities – Help for Heroes and the Army Benevolent Fund. The annual fundraiser, which was the idea of Guernseyman Corporal Alex Ward who serves with 5th Battalion, The Rifles, is now in its fifth year. Each Christmas, serving and retired military personnel walk 13 miles from [...]
‘GRAND-A-MILE’ ISLANDERS HELP THE HEROES
Guernsey News, 25 January 2010 – Islanders’ generosity has amazed the organisers of a festive fundraising march for wounded British troops, with donations topping a thousand pounds per mile. The ‘Yuletide Yomp’, organised by the Channel Island branch of Help for Heroes, raised over £13,100 for wounded service personnel. The 13-mile march took place on [...]
HEROES HOME FOR YULETIDE YOMP
Guernsey News, 14 December 2009 – Serving and retired soldiers will take to Guernsey’s roads for a festive fundraising march, to raise money for wounded British troops. Billed as a ‘Yuletide Yomp’, the march is the brainchild of local soldier Alex Ward, currently serving with 5th Battalion the Rifles. Mr Ward, who saw active service [...]
