Veteran pays respect on Remembrance Sunday
Colonel Glynn Evans (Rtd) was one of several local ex-servicemen and women who took part in Acts of Remembrance Service across our hospital sites this week.
Glynn retired from the Army three years ago but continues working for the NHS as Guardian of Safe Working.
“It’s been an interesting life,” said Glynn who joined the army reserves as a teenager and later signed on with the regular Army.
He saw active service as an anaesthetist in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo Iraq and Afghanistan where, on his final tour, he was the Commanding Officer of the trauma hospital in Camp Bastion - the only consultant to hold such a position.
The majority of regular military medical staff serve in NHS hospitals during peacetime and are recalled when needed, while the reserves have full-time NHS jobs and train at weekends and on annual training exercises held all over the world.
“It was the right time to leave the Army when I did but it was a privilege to serve and I’d recommend the Army Reserves to anyone looking to better themselves. You learn a lot about yourself and make some great friends along the way.”
Glynn has his memories, his medals and the mother of all souvenirs at home in the shape of a piece of banister retrieved from the wreckage of a Palace owned by Iraq’s former leader.