“It's not something you do to be recognized, the charity work, so to be recognized when there are so many incredible people out there is just a real honor”. Falklands war veteran Simon Weston ...

Simon Weston CBE is well known for his charity work and has become a motivational speaker and broadcaster after sustaining considerable burns during the Falklands War in 1982.

Falklands hero Simon Weston won a standing ovation ... that I know of that gets lottery funding,' said Mr Weston, who suffered horrific burns in the bombing of the Sir Galahad.

Falklands war veteran Simon Weston has joined the growing ... for us to have the passport at 60 or 65.' Mr Weston sustained almost 50 per cent burns when the Sir Galahad ship carrying British ...

22 members of his 30-strong platoon were killed - and Weston survived, miraculously, with 46 per cent burns ... Simon said. “We shared a split second in time. Our countries were at war.