100-year-old veteran sells poppies to fundraise for Royal British Legion
A 100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran from Cornwall has been out selling poppies to fundraise for the Royal British Legion.
Kate Orchard joined the Women's Auxiliary Corps in India in 1942 and continues to support the Poppy Appeal.She said she would do it "anytime" and feels she "must be there to sell poppies to help our heroes".In April, aged 99 years old, Mrs OrchardThe veteran said: "People are very generous, especially when it comes to the poppy appeal, because it's going to help these soldiers, sailors, airmen, who sacrificed so much for our country.
Mrs Orchard was born in India and volunteered to serve in the Women's Auxiliary Corps at the age of 20.She worked alongside both the RAF and the Indian Air Force, as a plotter/teller on 24-hour watches, plotting aircraft targets and sending signals to the air warning systems.Follow BBC News South West on
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