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Simon Weston
Welsh soldier and charity worker
For the English politician, see Simon Weston (MP).
Simon WestonCBE (born 8 August ) is a Welsh veteran of the British Army who is known for his charity work and recovery from severe burn injuries suffered during the Falklands War.[1]
Early life
Weston was born at Caerphilly District Miners Hospital in Caerphilly.
He was brought up by his mother, Pauline and adoptive father, "Lofty". His biological father David Weston served in the Royal Air Force alongside his mother. Simon lived in Singapore and at RAF Hospital Nocton Hall in Lincolnshire before returning to Nelson at the age of around six or seven.[2] He has one elder sister, Helen, and three stepbrothers.
At the age of 14, Weston was given a police caution when he was caught as a passenger in a car stolen by his older friends.[3]
He joined the Welsh Guards in at the age of 16 at the insistence of his mother, after he "got into bother".[2&