Manchester’s top dignitaries will turn out to meet the six wounded veterans who are the Walk Of Britain team at The Cenotaph at 3pm on Saturday.
All six individuals have either physical or cognitive injuries sustained in the line of duty. The Lord Mayor of Manchester and Lord Lieutenant of Manchester join the team at St Peter’s Square Manchester on Day 29 of their epic 1,000 mile, 72 day expedition from Scotland to London.
Walking With The Wounded’s latest endeavour, the Walk Of Britain, presented by YESSS Electrical, will see six wounded veterans walk over 1,000 miles through mainland UK throughout August, September and October, finishing at Buckingham Palace on 1st November.
The walk is engaging with local communities every day to highlight the extraordinary determination of ‘Our’ wounded personnel and to raise awareness of the work that Walking With The Wounded (‘WWTW’) is doing across the country to support the wounded back into independence through long-term employment.
They have been in the North West for the past few days being greeted by Sir Chris Bonnington wat the Skiddaw Hotel on Monday following their climb of Scafell Pike. Sir Chris is a British mountaineer whose career has included 19 expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest and the first ascent of the south face of Annapurna.
The Walk Of Britain team have been joined by NFL legend Osi Umenyiora from yesterday . Osi retired recently after a career in which he was a two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants. He was born in London and is one of three UK born players to have won the Super Bowl. Osi is married to Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes, an Angolan model and beauty queen who won the titles of Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011.
Prince Harry has supported Walking With The Wounded since the charity was formed, taking part in the trek to the North Pole in 2011 and to The South Pole in 2013. He was also Patron of the WWTW Everest Expedition in 2012 and is again the Expedition Patron for The Walk of Britain and will be joining the team along the way.
