The parade down the Mall, London for the 1,500 cyclists participating in the Help for Heroes Hero Ride, including the 300 who took part in the six day Big Battlefields Bike Ride from Paris to London, in front of Buckingham Palace, to end at Horseguards Parade. The bike ride raised over £1 million for the war wounded and other donations, prompted in part by the killing of drummer Lee Rigby, amounted to a further £1 million. Participants in the combined Hero Ride of 1,500 cyclists included Help for Heroes (H4H) joint founders Bryn and Emma Parry, Tour de France hero Mark Cavendish, Paralympic athlete and former soldier Jon-Allan Butterworth, singer and ex Army officer James Blunt, burns victim from 4 Para Jamie Hull, Page 3 girl Lacey Banghard and 150 wounded veterans. Sunday 2nd June 2013.