Kier CSR Lead, Terry Hanlon Walking Miles To Raise Funds For Veteran Benches

As far as we are aware, there is not one memorial dedicated to tri-service female veterans who have served after 1945, nor is there one dedicated to the memory of those who have served and have sadly lost their lives because of their service or through suicide.

On the 28th June, some of us from Kier Construction North East office will be completing a 16/17 mile hike along the Durham Coast from the ‘Tommy' statue, in Seaham, to the Heugh Gun battery at Hartlepool which is the site of the first British soldier killed on British soil in the first world war as part of the bombardment of Hartlepool in 1914.

The aim is to raise enough money to provide memorial benches to recognise the service, sacrifice and contribution of women service personnel past and present. A plinth will be dedicated to all those that have lost their lives due to service related injuries too.