Brothers in arms
What's better than being supported by Blind Veterans UK? Introducing a friend to the charity so he can rebuild his life, too.
Bob and Peter are two blind veterans with a wonderful bond. Peter served for 18 years with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Territorial Army.
He lost his sight in 2020 after lockdown disrupted his access to medical treatment. “Within a week, I’d lost my sight completely,” he says. “The bottom dropped out of my world.”
He began receiving support from our charity in 2021. “The charity has given me the confidence to challenge myself again,” he says. “It’s all been a learning curve, and it’s thanks to their help that I keep trying.”
Peter met Bob in their hometown and introduced him to the charity. Bob served for 10 years as an aircraft engineer in the RAF and lost his sight in 2019 to glaucoma.
A second chance for Bob.
“Blind Veterans UK has opened my world up again,” says Bob. “It’s led to opportunities that have given me something new to focus on.” He now serves on the Accessibility Committee at RAF Cosworth, advising on how to make displays and exhibitions more accessible for visually impaired visitors.
On Remembrance Sunday, the two men marched proudly together.
“It is an honour to have introduced Bob to the charity and to march alongside him,” says Peter, who held his late wife, Kay, in his thoughts as he marched, as well as his father – a Second World War veteran.
For Bob, Remembrance is one of the most important dates of the year. And now he gets to share it - and many other days - with Peter.
"It was an honour to walk alongside my friend Peter."
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