{"id":693,"date":"2010-12-21T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?693"},"modified":"2010-12-21T16:56:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:56:27","slug":"teenager-pens-song-for-hero-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/teenager-pens-song-for-hero-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager pens song for hero soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
A teenager has written a special song in an effort to generate funds for soldiers wounded while serving on the front line.<\/p>\n
Fran Ball, a 14-year-old pupil at Cheltenham College, penned the track – entitled Hey Soldier – after being inspired during school lessons about the first world war, This Is Gloucestershire reports.<\/p>\n
The song has been made available online and hundreds of people have already downloaded it.<\/p>\n
Fran said she wanted to make the record after watching the film Gallipoli and noted: "I wrote the first part of the song in an evening and I was so inspired by it I finished it in about two days."<\/p>\n
Individuals who would like to get their hands on the track can do so for a minimum donation of 50p, with the cash raised being donated to the Help for Heroes cause.<\/p>\n
Hertsmere mayor Linda Silver recently praised the efforts of those in involved at a football tournament fundraiser held at Arsenal Football Club's training ground, which generated nearly £800 for the soldier charity, the Watford Observer reported.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins
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