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When the RFA Sir Galahad was destroyed in the Bluff Cove Air Attack during the Falklands War, in 1982, on board was Simon Weston, Welsh Guardsman. Simon was severely injured, sustaining serious burns to 46% of his body. He has become well-known across the United Kingdom and abroad for his struggle to overcome his injuries and redefine his role in life, and his message is one of achievement, of triumph in the face of adversity, and of seizing the moment and succeeding.

Following his injuries, Simon's road to physical, spiritual and mental recovery saw him active in a number of highly successful ventures including 'The Weston Spirit', a Liverpool-based young people's charity. His charitable work earned him an OBE in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours. He was also awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2002 in recognition of his bravery and his charity work in the region. He was honoured as one of the top 100 Welsh Heroes in 2004, and in 2014, in a survey conducted by Freud Communications, Simon was voted top of the UK's Heroes Index, naming him the Nations Favourite H

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27th November 2007

After taking the decision to pull out of The Big Welsh Challenge

At this moment in time I don't feel I want to continue. Grav was more than just a mentor. He was a really good friend - he was to so many people but he had a wonderful way of making you feel like you were his very best.

I was enjoying doing The Big Welsh Challenge with Grav with the joy that he had when he saw me take little steps. I was running out of time to get any consistent learning together because it's been such a hectic year. Now that Ray's passed away I feel I really don't want to continue.

It's not that I want to stop learning Welsh - I will continue with that because I think above all else that's what Grav would have wanted - but to bring in somebody as a substitute (mentor) just wouldn't have the same appeal for me. And that's what it's about - it was the appeal of learning Welsh and of learning it with Grav.

It would have been marvellous to sit down and have a small conversation with him because he was the man who was larger than life. Phil Bennett summed it up when he said, "He

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Simon Weston (MP)

Sir Simon Weston (1565–1637) was an English Knight and politician, personal ally of the Earls of Essex, who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1626. He was involved in the Earl's of Essex rebellion against Queen Elizabeth Tudor.

History

Weston was the son of James Weston, diocesan registrar and a Lichfield MP, by his wife, Margery Lowe, daughter of Humphrey Lowe of Lichfield, England. The Westons, father and son, lived at St John's Hospital in Lichfield, and were a cadet branch of the Westons of Rugeley, which included Sir Richard Weston of Hagley Hall.^[1] It is also stated that they were related to the Weston family of Robert Weston, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and grandnephew of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.^[2]

In August 1599, he was knighted by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex of Chartley Castle, and Lord lieutenant of Staffordshire, who was a Royal favourite at the time.^[3] The Earl's network was very influential, him being a great-grandson of Mary Boleyn, sister of Queen Anne Boleyn