MAJOR George Francis Correa, who lives at Berwick Road, Stapleford, was awarded the MBE in the New Year honours for his services to the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund.
He is welfare secretary of the fund, which disperses about £1m a year to more than 3,000 Royal Artillery members, ex-members and their dependant, who are in need.
Maj Correa was born in Kenya in 1937 and started his army service in the King's African Rifles, transferring to the Royal Artillery in 1964.
He served in Borneo, Hong Kong, Germany and Oman and has been involved with the RA charitable fund since his retirement.
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