Simon Weston OBE is a former British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 soldier who became well known throughout the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 for his recovery and charity work after suffering severe burn injuries

Burn (injury)

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 during the Falklands War

Falklands War

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Weston was born in Caerphilly District Miners Hospital

Caerphilly District Miners Hospital

Caerphilly District Miners’ Hospital was built in 1923 to provide health care to the 24,000 miners and their families who worked in the 29 pits of the Rhymney Valley. It was acquired by the miners from Mr Fred Piggott, a coal mining engineer, and was at that stage a red brick mansion known as The...

. He was brought up by his mother, Pauline and adoptive father, 'Lofty'. His biological father served in the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 alongside his mother. Weston lived in Singapore

Singapore

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 and Nocton Hall in Lincoln

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 before returning to Nelson

Nelson, Wales

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 at the age of around six or seven.