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JCB AUCTIONS UNIQUE £20,000 DIGGER FOR ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

Mon 08 Oct 2018

JCB AUCTIONS UNIQUE £20,000 DIGGER FOR ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

The Staffordshire-based digger maker has created a unique ‘Lest We Forget’ mini-digger, with symbolic red poppy livery, which is to be auctioned to raise funds for the Royal British Legion. The 16C-1 model is worth more than £20,000 and all the proceeds from the auction will go to the charity which provides lifelong support for the Armed Forces community - serving men and women, veterans, and their families. Pictured left to right are JCB employees John Watson, Andy Minor, Sean Bowers and Mick Capper putting finishing touches to the machines decoration JCB machines decorated with poppy design at JCB HQ,  Rochester. JCB Chairman, Lord Bamford, said: “JCB is immensely proud to be British and we should never forget how much we as a nation owe to the generation that fought for the freedom we enjoy today. The British Legion’s theme for the Centenary is ‘Thank You’ and we can think of no better way of saying our own thank you than offering a JCB mini excavator to auction off for a charity which supports our brave Armed Forces.” Pictured left to right is RAF AC Calum Swain, AC Yasmin Kaashoek (corr), Army's Private Lucy Wilde and Private James Welch and Navy's AB Michelle Cosham, AB Kyan Harper (corr) saluting digger in passing out parade at Whittington Barracks JCB mini digger that's being auctioned unloaded at Whittington Barracks to a passing out parade The auction is now live for pre-registration and bids can be placed online from Friday, October 5th. Visit www.jcb.com/auction to pre-register and make your bid. The winning bidder will be announced at the launch of the Staffordshire Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal at JCB World Headquarters on Friday, October 26th, 2018.
 

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