THE wounded service personnel of Tedworth House got to meet the heroes of yesteryear when the Chelsea Pensioners paid a visit to the Help for Heroes Recovery Centre.

Residents at the Tidworth-based centre invited the Chelsea Pensioners to share their experiences and in turn, they explained how Help for Heroes plays a vital role with recovery centres such as Tedworth House.

Centre manager Giles Woodhouse said: “Our residents were honoured to have the Chelsea Pensioners visit their centre and they relished the opportunity to play games with them and interact, sharing their various experiences.

“We recognise the enormous debt we owe to these men and their colleagues and it is wonderful to see that they were equally humbled to meet our heroes.”

The recovery centre at Tedworth House helps provide support to serving and veteran members of the Armed Forces who have been wounded, injured or become sick.

Veteran Mark Povey: “I was born in Chelsea so for me to spend the day with these gentlemen was an honour.

“We got to spend the day talking with them and I explained the good work Help for Heroes do and how the charity has really helped me. They were really happy to listen and it was inspirational to hear them talk about their time in the Armed Forces too and share their incredible life stories.”

Chelsea Pensioner Alan Lee, 92, said: “I’ve been to Tedworth House before and it just gets better. We get to see how Tedworth House is really helping our heroes and we learn so much from our visit. I hope to come back again.”