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Simon Weston CBE (born 8 August 1961) is a veteran of the British Army who has become well known throughout the United Kingdom for his recovery and charity work after suffering severe burn injuries during the Falklands War.
Weston was born in Caerphilly District Miners Hospital in Caerphilly, Wales. He was brought up by his mother, Pauline and adoptive father, 'Lofty'. His biological father served in the Royal Air Force alongside his mother. Simon lived in Singapore and Nocton Hall in Lincoln before returning to Nelson at the age of around six or seven. He has one older sister and three stepbrothers. At the age 14, Weston was given a police caution when he was caught as a passenger in a car stolen by his older friends.
He joined the Welsh Guards in 1978 at the age of 16 at the insistence of his mother, after he "got into bother". He served in Berlin, Northern Ireland, Kenya and later being deployed to the Falkland Islands.
On 9 June 1982, he was boarded with other members of his regiment on RFA Sir Galahad in Port Pleasant near Fitzroy, just off the Falkland Islands. It was bombed and set on fire by the Argentine Skyhawk fighters during the Bluff Cove Air Attacks. His ship was carrying ammunition as well as phosphorus bombs and thousands of gallons of diesel and petrol. Out of his platoon of 30 men, 22 were killed. The Welsh Guards lost a total of 48 men killed and 97 wounded aboard the Sir Galahad.
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Simon Weston is on fire
Can you hear his screams get higher?
Did he really want to burn
So Thatcher's war machine could turn?
Simon Weston
Simon Weston
Simon Weston
AAAAAAARRGGH!
In Malvinas out of luck
Simon says "my face is fucked"
Simon Weston tried to smile
When he met the Prince of Wales
Argy warplanes in the sky
Did he really have to die?
Simon Weston's scarred for life