Cop from Basildon honoured by Queen (From Southend Standard)
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Cop from Basildon honoured by Queen
7:20am Saturday 16th June 2012 in Echo News
A POLICE officer who has raised almost £500,000 for a charity fighting an aggressive form of children's cancer has been awarded an MBE.
Pc Mark Edwards, who has been at the Metropolitan Police for 26 years, was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for his services to charity and policing.
He has helped raise between £400,000 and £500,000 for the Joining Against Cancer in Kids (J-A-C-K) charity, which helps children suffering neuroblastoma.
Trainman says...
11:33pm Sat 16 Jun 12
Before anybody criticises me, I lost my WONDERFUL Wife to cancer last year and just 36 hours AFTER it was diagnosed.