Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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600 Donuts Sold in 10 Minutes for Blesma!
1 April 2015
An incredible 600 Krispy Kreme doughnuts were sold in 10 minutes at Queens' School with the help of several cadets, sixth-formers and officers Flt Lt Dombey and Plt Off Forrester, for the military charity Blesma on Friday 27 March. With 10 minutes being 600 seconds we make that was one sold per second! This is an incredible achievement and testament to how efficient cadets can be. Separate stands were also
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Great Dunmow Round Table & 33 Regiment Raise £56k for Blesma!
27 March 2015
A group of 34 cyclists from The Great Dunmow Round Table, and supporters from 33 Engineer Regiment have raised an incredible £56,000 for Blesma by cycling 165 miles from Great Dunmow, Essex to Ypres to lay a wreath at the Menin Gate in honour of those who lost their lives in WW1. Chairman Mike Dalton said, “We set out to raise a target of £40,000, but the fact that we actually raised £56,000 is outstanding. The effort that everybody put in and the generosity of the people who donated to our team was just incredible” Mike added "Laying the wreath at the Menin Gate will be a mom
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Operation Varsity Memorial Cycle
25 March 2015
On Sunday 22 March, Blesma Supporter David Alexander set off on an epic, non-stop and unsupported cycle challenge from Colchester to Wessel to remember glider pilots and paratroopers who 70 years ago mounted the largest single airborne operation in history to take place in one day. More than 16,000 Allied paratroopers were dropped on to German territory on March 24, 1945, as part of Operation Varsity, the last big Allied operation of World War Two. David will cycle 555km, following the same route taken on that day in history by several thousand aircraft, glid
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Meet David Bland, the Abseiling Octogenarian!
17 March 2015
On Sunday 24 May at 9.30am, Blesma Member David Bland will celebrate his 80th birthday by abseiling the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, along with eleven friends. For those unfamiliar with the Spinnaker Tower, it is Portsmouth’s most prominent landmark, standing at 560ft (170 metres) and overlooking Portsmouth Harbour. David has been a Member of Blesma since 1955, and is no stranger to daredevil feats of endurance. In 2014, David, along with his son Barrie and several members of staff from his compa
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