RAF veteran Liz Lee – who has twice represented Team UK in the Invictus Games – will play a leading role in Leicestershire County Council’s Armed Forces Day event next week.
Armed Forces Day honours the huge contribution made by current and former members of the armed forces, their families, reservists and adult cadet volunteers.
The Armed Forces Day flag will be raised at County Hall next Monday (23 June) by Liz Lee, who served in the Royal Air Force from 2006 to 2017. Liz was selected to represent Team UK in the 2023 Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, where she won bronze and silver medals in wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.
She was again selected to represent the UK in the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver, competing in wheelchair basketball as vice-captain, alpine snowboarding and indoor rowing.
It is a great honour and privilege to be part of this national event to honour our armed forces and to show our appreciation for their vital service and dedication.
Armed Forces Day is a way for us to join with people across the country to show our support for those men and women who currently serve and to remember those who have served in the past.
CounPerson:Councillor Paul Harrison, Chairman of Leicestershire County Council
The council’s annual ceremony will take place at County Hall’s Stand Easy memorial at 10.30am on Monday, 23 June. The service will include a welcome by Leicestershire County Council Chairman, Councillor Paul Harrison, and an address by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Mike Kapur OBE.
Guests at the flag raising will include current members of the armed forces, veterans, cadets and representatives from the Royal British Legion. Pupils from the Hall Primary School in Glenfield will also be taking part, with the reading of a poem. The ceremony will conclude with prayers led by Reverend Christopher Johnson.
Following the ceremony, the Armed Forces Day flag will continue to fly at County Hall until after the national Armed Forces Day on Saturday, 28 June, which will be marked by a parade through Leicester city centre, starting from Belgrave Gate near to the Haymarket car park at 11am.
The parade will pass the Clock Tower and continue along High Street to Jubilee Square for an open-air Drumhead Service at 11.20am.
It will be made up of around 250 local veterans, cadets and reservists, serving members of the Armed Forces and the Pipes and Drums of the Seaforth Highlanders. Enderby Band will be playing as part of the Drumhead Service.
The event is open to all, and members of the public are very welcome to attend. People are invited to share their experience of the event on social media, using the hashtag #LeicsAFD25