{"id":132,"date":"2010-02-15T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?132"},"modified":"2010-02-15T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T15:54:20","slug":"sergeant-major-to-walk-231-miles-for-veterans-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/sergeant-major-to-walk-231-miles-for-veterans-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Major to walk 231 miles for Veterans Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the army is to undertake a 231-mile walk to support military veterans who are homeless and vulnerable, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Major Danny Morgan is to walk from his barracks in Catterick, North Yorkshire, to a Territorial Army training centre in Barnet, London, according to the Watford Observer.<\/p>\n<p>He will be raising money for Veterans Aid, having already done charitable work for Cancer Research and the Army Benevolent Fund. <\/p>\n<p>Talking about Veterans Aid, Sergeant Major Morgan told the newspaper: &quot;I first found out about it after reading an article in The Big Issue at Christmas and it made me think how lucky I am to have all my comforts and family around me.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He committed to the walk following a meeting with the charity&rsquo;s secretary Colonel Geoffrey Cardozo, who told him of the work that Veterans Aid do as they support soldiers in getting back on track.<\/p>\n<p>The charity helps people regardless of how long they were in service for, if they were in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, RAF or Merchant Service.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19616185-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19616185\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergeant Major Danny Morgan will be walking from North Yorkshire to London as part of the 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