Penally’s Simon Shorten recently completed a voluntary overnight 'Great Tommy Sleep Out’ on Giltar Point as part of the campaign in aid of homeless veterans.

Simon is a senior member of the Natural Resources Wales (NRW) flood pollution team; and is also known as ‘Sheepie’ due to his first task for the NRW - which was counting farmer's sheep holdings!

He spends most of his holiday time trekking around the D-Day landing areas and Keffalonia seeking out German defences; and also chomps around Pembrokeshire seeking out interesting WW2 relics.

‘Sheepie’ recently discovered where a serviceman fell from a helicopter, and found that the memorial plaque to commemorate it, had become so decrepit, that he clambered up, retrieved it, renovated and reinstated it!

The Great Tommy Sleep Out is a nationwide March campaign organised by Royal British Veterans Enterprise which supports accommodation, employment and welfare services for former service personnel across Britain.

Tenby also once again played its part in showing support to homeless veterans by helping to raise over £2,000 as part of the campaign.

Organised by Tenby Royal British Legion Chairman Shane Roberts and branch member Gareth Lloyd-Jones, this year’s event went even further than before, with a 48hr sleep out on March 2 and 3 at St Mary’s Church, in Tudor Square.

Shane was joined by the seaside town’s Mayor, Cllr Dai Morgan (also a member of Tenby Royal British Legion), Rev’d Steve Brett (TRBL Chaplain), and fellow member Dylan Sutton. Also taking part were - Chris Didcote, Craig Sutton and Byron Jenkins.

“People’s generosity is unbeatable in Tenby - not just for donations, but support and engagement as a whole,” said Shane.

Cllr Morgan remarked: “I find that what we have is too often taken for granted — including our freedom — which men and women fight for us and then sadly can become forgotten about.”