Holywell resident Davies one of 18 British Armed Forces veterans involved in innovative National Service Remembered project
Elwyn Davies, 83, who served in Egypt and was stationed at Caterham in Surrey, is one of 18 British Armed Forces veterans involved in the new project A Holywell British Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project. Elwyn Davies, 83, who served in Egypt and was stationed at Caterham in Surrey, is one of 18 former servicemen included in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered. It has been 60 years since National Service ended in the UK and the campaign, run by the not-for-profit organisation Same but Different, captures an important period of the country’s cultural history through the eyes of the men who served.
A HOLYWELL British Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project. Elwyn Davies, 83, who served in Egypt and was stationed at Caterham in Surrey, is one of 18 former servicemen included in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered. It has been 60 years since National Service ended in the UK and the campaign, run by the not-for-profit Mold-based organisation Same but Different, captures an important period of the country’s cultural history through the eyes of the men who served.
Elwyn Davies, from Holywell Elwyn helped guard equipment that had been sold off by the British Army at the end of the Suez Crisis and believes the project, powered by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, provides a priceless insight into a unique period of Britain’s past.