A team of stretcher bearing Royal Navy Medics will be passing through Honiton on Monday, April 15, as part of a gruelling 360 mile charity challenge.
Along the way they are hoping to raise £20,000 to support wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women.
The Royal Navy Medical Service Stretcher Carry team set off from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Birmingham on Thursday, April 4, and are walking a marathon a day for 14 days while carrying a stretcher.
They are due to arrive at Hasler Company, the Naval Service Recover Centre at HMS Drake in Plymouth next week.
Funds will be pledged to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine's Patient Welfare Fund, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and Help for Heroes.
When they reached Chipping Norton, the team had an unexpected encounter with Prime Minister David Cameron who had come to meet them.
Led by Lieutenant Jack Nicholson, patient services officer at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, the team are carrying the stretcher through 14 destinations – representing a typical patient treatment "pathway" following serious injury.
On the final day of the challenge they will be joined by Royal Marine and Olympic athlete Chris Sherrington, who represented Team GB at London 2012 as the UK's first heavyweight judoka in 20 years.
The 28-year-old said: "I am really pleased to be able to join the team on the final leg into Hasler Company – a unit which, as a Marine, is close to my heart.
"The aim of the stretcher run is to raise awareness and funds for three very important military charities who work tirelessly to improve the quality of life for servicemen and women."
