{"id":2210,"date":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2210"},"modified":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","slug":"war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who has served his country and was injured in combat will get on the saddle next week in a bid to raise money for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Major Peter Norton lost an arm and a leg in a bomb blast in Baghdad and also suffered other life-threatening injuries, reports the Swindon Advertiser.<\/p>\n<p>He will join his wife and her maid of honour on a cycle ride from Paris to London on May 28th and the trio have already raised in excess of &pound;3,500.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Norton-Hawkins, Major Norton's wife, said: &quot;We are doing this instead of going on a honeymoon. We didn't see any reason to do anything else. We want to do this and we are taking part for all the right reasons.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The injured serviceman added that he spent two years in hospital and on rehabilitation programmes designed to help him get over his injuries, and during this time he became aware of just how important Help for Heroes is.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801590322-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801590322\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help for Heroes will benefit from a Paris to London bike ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Help for Heroes will benefit from a Paris to London bike ride.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\",\"name\":\"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"A huge cycle ride will take place in aid of H4H\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals GB\",\"description\":\"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Forces Penpals\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","og_description":"Help for Heroes will benefit from a Paris to London bike ride.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","og_site_name":"Forces Penpals GB","article_published_time":"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00","author":"Forces Penpals","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Forces Penpals","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","name":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"A huge cycle ride will take place in aid of H4H"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/","name":"Forces Penpals GB","description":"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c","name":"Forces Penpals","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Forces Penpals"},"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}