Rasen’s Invictus veteran thanks Help for Heroes for helping him feel normal again

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Rasen’s Invictus veteran thanks Help for Heroes for helping him feel normal again Market Rasen Mail

“It is a chance for me to show my son that daddy can , rather than daddy can’t.”

A Market Rasen veteran who was left feeling hollow and rejected after being medically discharged from the RAF last year is starting to feel normal again after overwhelming support from Help for Heroes.

Daniel Tasker, 38, has gone from strength to strength and says he feels ‘overwhelmed’ to have been selected to represent the UK in the Invictus Games 2020, competing in archery, athletics, cycling and powerlifting.

Daniel is part of the 65-strong team of wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans who will take part.


His world fell apart in July 2018 after Daniel sustained an arm injury and was medically discharged from the RAF.


Speaking to the Rasen Mail, Daniel said: “I’d been in the air force for 17 years so it was quite a big shock.

“I felt quite hollow, I felt rejected and I felt upset because I loved my job and I wasn’t ready to leave.

“It was a very worrying time because my family and I had to find ...

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