TWO bikers arranged a poppy-themed Christmas tree in Brecon to remember those who died in the Falklands War.

Jules and Andrew Hore put the tree together which is being featured in the window of Likeys, the independent outdoor retailer in Brecon, over the festive period.

The tree hosts 258 poppies all with the individual names of the 255 British troops and the three civilians who died during the Falklands War.

Andrew, who runs a stall at the Brecon indoor market with his wife Jules, said: “There are 258 poppies which are all individually named with the names of someone who died and their regiment or ship, or the name of a civilian who died in the Falklands War in 1982.

‘We put the tree in on the Monday before Christmas and it will be staying up until 12th night, I think.”

Jules, who served in the Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Corps during the Falklands War, spent all day on Monday, December 18 writing out the names on each individual poppy before Andrew installed the tree in the evening.

The pair, who have been organising their Falklands remembrance Christmas trees for the past four or five years, decided to go ahead with their annual poppy tree despite there being no Christmas tree festival this year.

While they have always done a Falklands theme, they settled on doing the tree about those who had died as 2017 was the 35th anniversary of the war between Argentina and the UK over the islands. The couple also hosted a motorbike “ride of respect” and installed a memorial in the Brecon peace gardens to mark the anniversary earlier this year.

Andrew said: “Martin at Likeys said they were both happy and honoured to have the tree, especially as there hasn’t been a Christmas tree festival this year.”

Last year Andrew and Jules dedicated their tree at the Christmas tree festival to the Falkland War’s unsung heroes, such as army medics and cooks, and the year before they dedicated it to the war’s parachute regiment.