Ross Kemp trains with Gurkhas as he urges Sun readers to donate to the Royal British Legion poppy appeal
ROSS Kemp pulls no punches — as he urges Sun readers to scan the QR code and donate to the Royal British Legion poppy appeal.
TV hardman Ross trained with the Gurkhas — some of the Army’s toughest troops — yesterday as more than 1,000 soldiers arrived in London hoping to raise £1million in one day.
An army of 50,000 volunteers will also sell poppies across the country until November 11.
RBL ambassador Ross, 60, began the day working out at the Tower of London with nine super-fit members of the Queen’s Gurkha Engineers.
He took part in the military guards’ morning routine, running shoulder to shoulder around the Tower grounds and joining in shadow boxing.
Later Ross joined serving personnel and Poppy Appeal collectors on a double-decker poppy bus at the start of Europe’s biggest one-day street collection.
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He said: “Punching pads and running around the Tower with Gurkhas is not the kind of thing I expected to be doing at 60 years old.
“The poppy is synonymous with service both present and past.
“The Royal British Legion hands out £900,000 in grants every month of the year.
“And 17,000 households rely on money given to them by the British Legion.
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“They are not just veterans, they're serving personnel and also their families who often suffer equally when somebody's not well.
“This year we're remembering people who have suffered some sort of mental trauma linked to military service because often those scars are not apparent.”
Scan the QR code and donate to the Royal British Legion poppy appeal here
The Sun has joined forces with The Royal British Legion so you can donate direct to this year’s Poppy Appeal by scanning this QR code.
As well as donating via our QR code, an army of 50,000 volunteer poppy sellers will be collecting in towns and cities across the UK until November 11.