TERRY Price was deeply immersed in the Motor Cycle Grand Prix on television when the call came through from Rex Cadman at the War and Peace Show. Picture shows Rex giving Terry the good news helped by Tony Lawrence.

The first surprise was that Terry had won the Jeep Raffle. The second was that his conversation with Rex was being broadcast to 20,000 spectators at the Show's prize giving event on Sunday July 26.

"I was completely shocked," he said. "I'd almost forgotten that I had bought a ticket and had to hunt around in my wallet to find it.

"When I bought it I thought I was just making a contribution to Help for Heroes, which is a charity that deserves every support."

Terry, 70, a retired vehicle sales director from Hadleigh, near Ipswich, is a veteran of the former East Kent regiment The Buffs, where he was a drill instructor and weapons instructor.

"I drove an Austin Champ but never a Jeep," he said. "I can't wait to get behind the wheel."

He bought his Jeep Raffle ticket at the Biggin Hill Air Show, after his grandson Adam Higgins, 15, who is an army cadet, insisted on visiting the military vehicle display there.

"We had thought to sell the Jeep," he said. "But Adam pleaded with me to keep it. Now we have decided to keep it for a year and then sell it. Part of the proceeds will go to Help for Heroes.

"In the meantime we will make it available to anyone who wants to use it for a display or event or any kind, on the condition that they make a contribution to the charity.

"My wife is thrilled. She can't wait to go for drives around the country lanes and feel the wind in her hair. Normally we drive a Honda Jazz."

Although too young to serve in the Second World War, Terry has strong memories of it. He was evacuated to Danbury in Essex, to escape the bombing in South East London.

Rex Cadman said: "It's fantastic that the Jeep has been won by an army veteran, and especially by one who is so supportive of Help for Heroes. I hope he and his family have many hours of fun with it, and it's good to know that when they do sell it on, the charity will benefit."

The Jeep was discovered in Normandy in 2008, returned to the UK, and restored in Rex Cadman's workshops.  It appears to be a 1942 Willys chassis assembled by Ford and would have been used by the US Army during the Second World War.