Amputee's pounds 1M charity bid.A FORMER Army officer who lost an arm and leg in a landmine accident yesterday set off on a 1284-mile walk from John O'Groats to Land's End for charity. Father-of-two Chris Moon, 41, hopes to raise pounds 1million for care charity Leonard Cheshire Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of . He said: 'I'm keen to show disabled people have dreams and aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl like the rest of the population and that we can all achieve our goals, given the right opportunity and support.' Chris left Caithness at 4.30am yesterday. He lost his limbs in 1995 while working for a landmine clearance company in Mozambique. |
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