Mum of Scotty members, Aidan and Ben O'Donnell, tells her story.
On 10th September 2008, Toni O’Donnell, and her two children, Aidan (20) and Ben (12), lost their hero, Warrant Officer Class 2 Gary O'Donnell. A loving father and husband, WO2 O’Donnell was on tour in Afghanistan when he was killed. His children were just eight years and nine weeks old at the time.
Mum of Scotty members, Bella and Evie Lockwood, tells her story.
Mother of two, Laura Lockwood, lost her husband Staff Sergeant Michael Lockwood of the Royal Horse Artillery, in May 2014 to a brain tumour. Michael passed away at the age of 36-years-old after spending 16 years in the Army. He left behind two children – Bella (10) and Evie (9) – who were four and two-years-old at the time.
Here, Laura shares her story and explains how she told her daughters of …
Mum of Scotty member, George Hendrie, tells her story.
Mother of one, Emma Hendrie, lost her husband, RAF Flight Lieutenant Thomas Hendrie, on 20th July 2018. Tom passed away following a two-year battle with a very rare appendix cancer – Mucinous adenocarcinomas. He left behind his young son, George (6) who was just three at the time.
Here, Emma shares her story and explains how she told her son of the loss of his dad and how bereaved Armed Forces children’s …
Mum of Scotty member, Jessica Lawrence, tells her story.
On 27th July 2009, 12-year-old Jessica Lawrence, lost her dad, Trooper Phillip Lawrence, after his convoy was hit struck by an IED while on tour in Afghanistan. She was eight months old at the time.
For Amy and Jess, the last 11 years have been incredibly hard learning to live without their hero. For Jess in particular, who is now 12 years old, growing up without any memories of her dad has caused an …
Mum of Scotty members, Ethan and Libby Cornish, tells her story.
For Army Widow, Abby Cornish and her two children, Ethan (18) and Libby (15), every day is Remembrance Day. On 1st August 2006, the family lost their hero, Corporal Matthew Cornish. A loving father and husband, Corporal Cornish was on his third tour of Iraq when he was struck by shrapnel from an enemy mortar and died. His children were just three years and 16 months old at the time.
Former Scotty member, Beth Wood, explains why Scotty’s Little Soldiers and its support network has been integral as she’s grown up
Beth Wood was just 15 years old when her dad, Staff Sergeant Glyn Hole, died in a car accident outside his barracks in Aldershot. At that moment, her life came crashing down.
Sergeant Hole died on 21st September 2010 and for Beth, this event changed her life completely.
Joining Scotty’s Little Soldiers in 2010 when she was 15 …
"He was so young, I didn’t know what to tell him, he was so excited about Christmas and I didn’t want to upset him.”
For Royal Marines widow, Emylie Jennings, and her two young boys, Christopher and Oliver, Christmas is an emotional time of year. The family lost their hero, father and husband, Captain Tomasz (Tom) Jennings just three days before Christmas Day.
Captain Jennings was killed on 22nd December 2011, while on tour in Afghanistan. He was killed after …
As we gear up to the festive season, we can’t help but stop and think about the loved ones we’ve lost and who can’t be there to celebrate with us.
For hundreds of bereaved British Armed Forces children, Christmas is a time of mixed emotions, feelings of joy, but also feelings of loss as they remember the parent that can’t be with them as they unwrap presents from under the Christmas tree.
When RAF Sergeant Robert Williamson tragically died in 2014 at the age of 40, after 20 …
