Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Bill Gillet, Netra Rana and Andy Reid join list of Blesma MBE's
20 December 2019
November 2019 has been an impressive month for MBE's, as the prestigious honour has been conferred on two Members and a former Blesma Support Officer. Bill Gillet Former Blesma Support Officer Major (Retd) Bill Gillet has been awarded an MBE for his service to Veterans. Having served in 3 Commando Brigade, 5 Airborne Brigade, and 16 Air Assault Brigade, Bill then worked as a BSO for 16 years, helping to provide vital support and advice to limbless and injured veterans, as well as their families.
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Blesma Appoints Jon Bryant OBE as new Chief Executive
9 December 2019
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Grand Prize Draw winners
27 November 2019
Congratulations to all the winners in our Blesma Prize draw! The winning numbers were: £2000 – 03135 £1000 – 23075 £500 – 04120 We were so glad to hear that one of our Blesma Members won the second prize! Thank you to everyone who supported the 2019 Grand Prize Draw!
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Real life stories: How a wounded soldier and nurse were reunited decades after WW2
19 November 2019
The last time Maria Kowalska and Waclaw Domagala met she was a 21-year-old nurse and he was a teenage soldier who had just had a leg amputated. A cheery “Good Morning, Sister” evaporated 75 years of separation in a remarkable meeting in a Devon care home earlier this year. Maria Kowalska didn’t recognise the man in the wheelchair, but Polish war hero and Blesma Member Waclaw Domagala never forgot the “angel” who nursed him after he was wounded in the World War II Battle of Monte Cassino. “I knew it
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