JJ Chalmers
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
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For those that were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan in particular, we all got flown into Birmingham Airport and you woke up in either Sally Oak, the military hospital, or the Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham.
And, like, yeah, that begins your recovery.
Yeah, yeah.
And so what this city means to the armed forces, but to the wounded, injured, and sitting, especially the wounded of our generation, it's unquantifiable.
So it's nice.
I've always loved this place.
I'll always know that I owe it my life.
So to come back and have a different experience of it is like, that's amazing.
It's going to be special.
Genuinely, from our point of view, there's probably not another city in the world
that has that level of connection to this particular moment in history as well, like that conflict, which ultimately started the Invictus Games.
Obviously, it's sadly engulfed so many more conflicts in parts of the world and more countries than ever, but it was born out of, because when you talk about Invictus spirit, this thing we've created,
Where that was actually born wasn't in London in 2014.
It was called that in London in 2014.
It was born in Ward 412 in Birmingham Hospital.
That's where the unconquered surviving thing began.
But equally, it's not even just for our community.
This isn't just about the armed forces.
This isn't just about having disabilities.
Anyone can learn from our mates, basically.
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