Summary
When Cardiff's Lord Mayor Gill Bird takes the salute at the city's Remembrance Day parade on Sunday it will hold extra significance for her.
For behind the mayoral robes and chains, Gill hides a secret past.See the full content of this document
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'Why I'll Be so Proud to Take Sunday's Salute'
At the age of 19, 40 years ago, she became the youngest person ever to be made a Sergeant in the British Army.
It is an achievement few know about, but of which she is understandably proud and which, to this day, gives her an affinity with the young ...See the full content of this document
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