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War graves restoration
Published: 17/11/2014
Ex-veterans from a mentoring charity met with Cllr Aaron Shotton, Leader of
Flintshire County Council and Flintshire’s Armed Forces Champion to highlight
the work they are doing restoring graves across North Wales.
The project aims eventually to develop a local guide to war graves and
cemeteries throughout the region and volunteers from the charity CAIS and its
peer mentoring and advice service, Change Step have been working in Connah’s
Quay, Holywell, Buckley, Old Flint London Road and Northop Road, Greenfield and
Treuddyn cemeteries offering gardening services to tidy up the graves from
World War I and II.
The North Wales based charity helps veterans with post traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD).
David Nolan, peer mentor and ex serviceman with CAIS said: “The Remember Our
Heroes project is brilliant for all of us. We are restoring over 2,000 war
graves in North Wales and it gets the lads with PTSD out with other veterans on
military orientated work that benefits everyone.
“I went to Change Step for help myself and ended up being a mentor, this is
just one project we’re working on, so far we’ve worked on 400 graves including
the ones in Flintshire.”
Councillor Aaron Shotton, Flintshire Council Leader and Armed Forces Champion
said: “It was great to meet the veterans who have been working so hard to keep
the graves of our war heroes in good condition. This project raises awareness
of the millions of lives lost during the World Wars and a big thank you goes to
veterans for giving up their time to work on the graves. It’s a chance for them
to get involved in the local community as well as reminding us of the
sacrifices our armed forces make to serve their country.”
For more information log on to the website www.northwaleswargraves.co.uk
Photo caption 7354 L-R Jason Samuels, Dave Nolan, Cllr Aaron Shotton and James
Walls.