The Fox Family

Paddy Fox catching the train to London to join the Chelsea Pensioners, 2001.

Paddy Fox in his Chelsea Pensioner uniform.

Paddy Fox’s send-off at Durham Railway Station, 2001.

Paddy recruited two and a half thousand people from the East Durham area into the army and air force, including myself and my younger brother Kevin. He was recognised for this with the British Empire Medal.  He became a very dear friend of our family after my younger brother Kevin was blown up in Northern Ireland in 1976. Kevin survived the blast, though was given a medical discharge because of his severe injuries. For many years Paddy lived just a few doors down from us in Berkshire Road before he joined the Chelsea Pensioners in 2001 and moved down to London.

Fred Felton

(L-R) Bill Ridley, John Close, Barry Graham, K. Williams, Paddy Fox, Fred Felton, Jock Wall.