{"id":913,"date":"2011-05-12T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?913"},"modified":"2011-05-12T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:18:07","slug":"pow-son-takes-on-biking-challenge-to-support-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/pow-son-takes-on-biking-challenge-to-support-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"POW son takes on biking challenge to support soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A biking challenge to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forcespenpals.co.uk\/support-soldiers.aspx\">support soldiers<\/a> aims to raise some &pound;10,000 for the British Legion and Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>The feat will see Colin Kirby-Green follow the locations visited by his father &ndash; a World War II prisoner of war (POW) whose story was told in The Great Escape &ndash; the BBC reports.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kirby-Green will take a two-week tour covering some 3,000 miles on a period-style Triumph 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