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Team on 18 May 2007
Firstco in charity trip to France
Firstco chairman part of charity trip to France in aid of the Commonwealth War Grave's Commission
Seven men - led by Simon Blagden MBE and including Mark Calnan, chairman of Firstco, one of the UK's leading technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists - will be spending the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May traveling around France in a Spartan Armoured Personnel vehicle The team is marking the 90th Anniversary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands War, by making a sponsored 'Tank Run' from London to France, passing through the war graves in the Somme region
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Each of the crew has undertaken to underwrite and to raise a minimum of GBP2,000 for the CWGC - and is hoping to raise further cash from corporate and individual sponsors.
All monies raised will go to support the work of the CWGC.
"All of the costs of the tank run are being paid for by the crew," said Mark Calnan, whose company works in the transport, power and construction industries and whose clients include BAA Heathrow Airport; Esso Petroleum; Heathrow Express Operating Company; London Underground; Standard Life Assurance; Morgan Stanley; Arup Associates; Balfour Kilpatrick; Siemens; EdF; Mott MacDonald; Scott Wilson Crown House (Carillion), and Transmanche Link.
The 'Tank Run' will begin - to the accompaniment of a military band from the Coldstream Guards - from the Naval and Military Club in St James's Square, London, on 25th May, and will be watched by, among others, the President of the CWGC: His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
All donations should be made by cheque made payable to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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