MUSIC filled a packed St John’s Church in Wellington on Sunday evening in a concert to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Corps of Royal Engineers.

The event, held as part of Sapper 300, being marked across the country, featured Wellington Silver Band, Taunton Military Wives Choir, the Rivertones Chorus and Clive Sanders, the ‘Bard of Chard’.

The Rev Timothy Treanor, who served in the Royal Engineers himself, gave the welcome address and Major General TR Urch CBE provided an insight into the life of a Sapper today.

Profits from the concert will go to forces charities the Royal Engineers Benevolent Fund, the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Families Association and Veterans In Action, and Breast Cancer Care.