{"id":1913,"date":"2012-12-18T15:12:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1913"},"modified":"2012-12-18T15:12:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:12:43","slug":"ex-soldier-wins-armed-forces-champion-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ex-soldier-wins-armed-forces-champion-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-soldier wins Armed Forces Champion award"},"content":{"rendered":"
A special award has been presented to a veteran who has committed his life to supporting the Royal British Legion's (RBL's) lifeline work.<\/p>\n
The Evening Chronicle named former sergeant Ian Proud its Armed Forces Champion at the first ever Community Champion awards.<\/p>\n
He was honoured after impressing judges with his work creating a Remembrance Garden at West Denton Primary School and educating youngsters about the importance of remembrance.<\/p>\n
Mr Proud also helped the pupils to record a charity music album, with the proceeds from the sale going to the RBL.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Mr Proud, who served with the 72 Engineer Regiment for five years, said: "By winning this award I hope it will help to showcase the outstanding work the Legion does for our armed forces community and their families."<\/p>\n
He added the RBL is "just as important" for today's servicemen as it was more than 90 years ago.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An award has been presented to a member of the Royal British Legion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n