A Royal Navy Warrant Officer from Torpoint, based at HMS Raleigh, is aiming to raise £5,000 to name and support an assistance dog after the establishment.

Warrant Officer 2 Sean Reeves and his wife Jacqui are supporting Hounds for Heroes; a charity providing specially trained assistance dogs to injured or disabled men and women from the armed forces and civilian emergency services.

The couple are looking to raise the money to support a dog in memory of Jacqui’s father, Brian Hall, who died in January.

So far Sean and Jacqui have raised just over £1,700 through their Just Giving page – www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jacqueline-reeves4.

The charity was set up by Allen Parton who suffered a severe head injury during the 1991 Gulf War. After five years in hospital he was partnered with Endal, a Labrador assistance dog, and his life was transformed.

Endal died in 2009 and now Allen is partnered with EJ, Endal Junior, who was the first dog to be trained under the auspices of Hounds for Heroes.