Scotty member, Edward Williamson, explains how the charity helps him remember his amazing dad Edward Williamson lost his dad, Sergeant Robert Williamson in August 2014 to a brain tumour. Eddie was seven years old at the time of his dad’s death and is extremely proud of everything he achieved.
Mum of Scotty member, Aeron Rimmer, explains how the charity has been an invaluable support since losing her husband Portsmouth’s Aeron Rimmer was just four years old when his dad was suddenly taken from him. After suffering an unexpected brain haemorrhage, Navy Petty Officer, Mark, aka Jimmy, …
After Nikki Scott’s husband was killed in Afghanistan, the impact on their children was devastating, but a holiday allowed her 5-year-old to smile again, inspiring Nikki to do the same for hundreds of other bereaved Forces children. “My happy little boy wasn’t the same child after his dad was …
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. …
Student nurse raises funds for her cousin’s charity Joanne Curtis, from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, and her two best friends have set the challenge of completing a virtual walk to New York to help raise vital funds to support hundreds of bereaved Forces children – and have already raised over …
The last few months since the start of the pandemic have been incredibly challenging for the hundreds of bereaved Armed Forces children up and down the UK. For children and young people, particularly those supported by Kings-Lynn-based children’s charity, Scotty’s Little Soldiers, the added …
